Incidentally, I am intrigued by how many European and Latin American writers expressed their political views in the columns they routinely wrote… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse. — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike, got to be a Superman to survive. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only a world without love strikes me as instantly and decisively more terrible than one without music. — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
...in certain moods, no man can weigh this world without throwing in something, somehow like Original Sin, to strike the uneven balance. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
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Our sense of optimism, our can-do spirit, that's a source of great strength in America. But when there are no limits at… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
According to the dictionary, knock has two definitions: "to strike something with a sharp blow," and "to find fault with, a harsh… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Today, tomorrow," she said. "A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes. — Bruce Feirstein Copy Share Image
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Now teach-ins are fairly common or they become common place. But in 1965, the Students for Democratic Society in Ann Harbor organized… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to stumble. Any inventor will tell you that you don't follow a plan far before you strike a snag.… — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
The whole city gives you the impression of impermanence. You have the feeling that one day someone is going to yell, "Cut!… — Allan Sherman Copy Share Image
There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument. — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la… — E. V. Lucas Copy Share Image
Mike Trout. Jose Ramírez. Mookie Betts. All these guys walk, and they swing at strikes. — Alex Bregman Copy Share Image
I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes and human… — Alex Campbell Copy Share Image
Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far… — Joshua Jackson Copy Share Image
Valkyrie patted Fletcher’s arm. “Don’t worry,” she said. “If the bad man comes, I’ll protect you.” “If the bad man comes,” Fletcher… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
