I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People from my first home say I'm brave. They tell me I'm strong. They pat me on the back and say, 'Way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Too frequently we think we have to do spectacular things. Yet if we remember that the sea is actually made up of… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
So much of what I love about poetry lies in the vast possibilities of voice, the spectacular range of idiosyncratic flavors that… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world.… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren't in them. They are versatile… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes… — Nicholas Kurti Copy Share Image
It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries. Corollary to this we… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies,… — Tana French Copy Share Image
The sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In deference to such spectacular carnage it is perhaps perverse to dwell upon one person's death, but we are creatures so constituted… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
Failures are much more dramatic than successes, and people like drama. I think this is why automobile races draw such crowds. People… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
The loss of quality that is so evident at every level of spectacular language, from the objects it glorifies to the behavior… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
I live and die with the Indians. The first game I attended back in the mid-'90s was almost a religious experience. We… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
We traveled for science: those three small embryos from Cape Crozier, that weight of fossils from Barkley Island, and that mass of… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard Copy Share Image
Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp… Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling him."… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I don't think that disasters have to be spectacular. They can be a slow corrosion. — David Frum Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of great stuff - spectacular stuff - happen to me. I've got to not be a pig about… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
I think I'm okay at everything and not spectacular at any one thing that Kaggle does. — Anthony Goldbloom Copy Share Image
My worst fashion faux pas: probably orange shoes with white pants. I thought I looked spectacular. — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love you put into each… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I didn't quit drinking because I was a bad drunk. I quit because I was a spectacular drunk. It got to be… — David Feherty Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the values of sport and loved its rituals; in fact, since ancient times sport has been… — Giorgio Armani Copy Share Image
[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy… — Elsa Schiaparelli Copy Share Image
Quite honestly, ... there's never been stunt driving before or after as spectacular or elaborate. That's all real, no (computer trickery). — John Landis Copy Share Image
Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
“You are nothing less than spectacular - Stop doubting yourself! You were put on this earth to thrive. Don't you dare put… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
I'm currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next step is to write something so… — Haley Webb Copy Share Image
The burning bushes, the smoking mountains, . . . the Cumorahs, and the Kirtlands were realities; but they were the exceptions. .… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image