It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
For me parks are good when first of all, they're not impeccable, and when solitude has appropriated them in such a way… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
It frankly does not make sense to occasionally 'fill up' with water, with long periods of dehydration in between. The same thing… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Pace yourself in your reading. A little bit every day really adds up. If you read during sporadic reading jags, the fits… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
Prayer shouldn't be casual or sporadic, dictated only by the needs of the moment. Prayer should be as much a part of… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
The propagandist must utilize all of the technical means at his disposal - the press, radio, TV, movies, posters, meetings, door-to-door canvassing...There… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Small things done consistently, though undramatic, yield more than the large and sporadic. — Stephen Mansfield Copy Share Image
Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've… — Eminem Copy Share Image
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us had lived,… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Writings like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less. — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away… — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When everything is added up, the frequent blows weighted against the sporadic triumphs, this is I have to say not just a… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust… — Henry H. Arnold Copy Share Image
So many low income people have seen so many failed promises broken and seen so many quacks and sporadic medicines offered to… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our… — James Atlas Copy Share Image
Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
