However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
The world is not full of betrayers, it is full of people with decent motives and a full desire to do right… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
There is also somehow the idea that this gay thing is all just about indulgence in carnal pleasure. When I was twenty… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay; Invention, Nature's child, fled stepdame Study's blows; And others' feet still seemed but strangers… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully edited… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“It happens like this. "One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
“The color of one's creed, neckties, eyes, thoughts, manners, speech, is sure to meet somewhere in time of space with a fatal… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I have so much love to give. That's why, when I was single, I talked about being married and wanting to have… — Brely Evans Copy Share Image
“I look at my reflection in the small mirror on the back wall and see a stranger. She is blond like me,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a humble emotion. It expresses itself in a thousand ways, from a sincere thank you to friend or stranger, to… — Faith Baldwin Copy Share Image
You, have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit. And you, have that whole… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the "big canoe" of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
It's true that there is a rescue thing in people, and not just rescuing the family, which is kind of obvious from… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. Let this be the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with Aloha, which means love. Aloha is the key word to the universal… — Duke Kahanamoku Copy Share Image
I think that "Arabs coming out in droves" is so violative Jewish values that non-Jews admire so much about Jewish people throughout… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
In a way, being a Mormon prepares you to deal with science fiction, because we live simultaneously in two very different cultures.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
