Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the well of grief turning downward through it s black water to… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Once he became president, George [H.] Bush revealed a vein of Styrofoam and no matter how deep he tried to go, he… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Society is like a lawn, where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“Bodies that drown in warm and shallow water usually surface within a few days.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Hunter S. Thompson and I are old friends, but what we do is so different. There are surface similarities that really have… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“People won't admit it, they're too busy grabbing to see that the lights have fused. They can't see the darkness and the… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The secret to writing is just to write. Write every day. Never stop writing. Write on every surface you see; write on… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Flying was great. You have to think fast. You have to develop intuition about the physics of air moving quickly over a… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
When you’re confronted by a really difficult thing in your life, you’re faced with a choice: you can runaway from it, or… — Buck 65 Copy Share Image
“Wimsey stooped for an empty sardine-tin which lay, horribly battered, at his feet, and slung it idly into the quag. It struck… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
When we look from the bottom of a well, sky shines more beautifully than from the surface! Heaven is a Double-Heaven in… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I proved that I can win the Grand Slams. I proved that I can last four and a half hours and come… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Whoever has not felt the danger of our times palpitating under his hand, has not really penetrated to the vitals of destiny,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Two hundred miles from the surface of the earth there is no gravity. The laws of motion are suspended. You could turn… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on… — David Lynch Copy Share Image