Victor Hugo makes one of his heroines--an actress--say, "My art endows me with a searching eye, a knowledge of the soul and… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If… — David Perkins Copy Share Image
How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry. — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who… — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
You can take any line of business and skill and the ones who do it the best are the ones who get… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old. I have heard that whenever the name of man is spoken,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We should be telling girls what they already know but rarely see affirmed: that the lives they lead inside their own self-contained… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have… — John Hench Copy Share Image
I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
“At the time you've got skills and possessions, train yourself to be able to survive without them.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Let us learn to accept ourselves-accept the truth that we are capable in some directions and limited in others, that genius is… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from… — Zac Goldsmith Copy Share Image
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
What is a fine person or a beauteous face, Unless deportment give them decent grace; Blessed with all other requisites to please,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
An individual understands a concept, skill, theory, or domain of knowledge to the extent that he or she can apply it appropriately… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The mind is malleable. Our life can be greatly transformed by even a minimal change in how we manage our thoughts and… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
