There is a sort of homely truth and naturalness in some books which is very rare to find, and yet looks cheap… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Stravinskys music, hard, cold, unsentimental, enormously brilliant and virtuous, was now the favorite of my postadolescence. In a different way it achieved… — George Antheil Copy Share Image
Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
We treat racism in this country like it's a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps. Oh, that… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
It is time to return to close reading, to a serious and painstaking examination of an author's methods, of his style. Do… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
Wearing something that you're not comfortable in is the ultimate sin. It's important for each person to discover their own style, and… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
I don't know how (producer) Dan Harmon put that together but he did. Everyone gets along and we all babysit Chevy Chase… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
Downtown New York, I'm within certain styles of music and I'm also within certain cultural, you know, and literary context. So DJ… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Don't all writers have a hidden nerve, call it a secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
First of all, you need to get good results if you want to continue working in the same place. But to achieve… — Javi Gracia Copy Share Image
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
I've been making 16mm urban landscape films about San Francisco for many years. I choose different nonfiction themes to investigate and am… — Jenni Olson Copy Share Image
What has happened now in mass media and advertising is not only that they've adopted the style and the look of fringe… — Mark Hosler Copy Share Image
People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna's wearing f-ckin' leather jackets, and it's really annoying .… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
For good or for ill, Britain is in some respects moving away from a prime-ministerial system towards a presidential one. This is… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
How does the [New York] Times treat White pathology? They reported an epidemic of heroin addiction in the Philadelphia suburbs. which included… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, 'This is… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
Writing style is something is a consequence of who you are. I think that I had a certain propensity for a style… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
I think I copied my style from Louis Armstrong. Because I used to like the big volume and the big sound that… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I really don't care about the response to my hair this is just how my hair is. I don't take care of… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I think for most new kids it’s important to sound different from the rest, to have your own sound, to be able… — Nicky Romero Copy Share Image
Everybody knows how to get prepared for an MMA fight. Everybody knows what the other person is going to do. Whereas when… — Ken Shamrock Copy Share Image
I'm very much into collaboration. I think that collaboration is the road to making something great. I respect artists that are more… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
What's so great thing about clothes is that they're artificial - you can lie, you can choose the way you look, which… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill. I asked him on whom or what he… — William Bourke Cockran Copy Share Image
Composition is a process of combination, in which thought puts together complementary truths, and talent fuses into harmony the most contrary qualities… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I got my own sound in Atlanta because I don't listen to anybody's music. When you listen to people's music, you start… — Gunna Copy Share Image
We constantly try to change and stay fresh. We've done a lot of different styles of music: R&B, hip-hop, rock, orchestral. So… — Damon Thomas Copy Share Image
Even as an 18-year-old, I had to grow comfortable with my leadership style, which is that I was really impatient with under-motivated… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
I admired Stalkers style. He was incredibly fast using two small blades strapped to the backs of his hands. Slash slash slash.… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Schools must inquire deeper into their own practices, explore new ways to motivate their learners, make use of learning styles, introduce multiple… — Michael Fullan Copy Share Image
Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Scores do not reveal the most important facts about a wine. The written commentary (tasting notes) that accompanies the ratings is a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image