The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Books entered my house under cover of night, from the four winds, smuggled in by woodland creatures, and then they never left.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nowadays, if a man living in a civilized country (ha!) hears cannon blasts in his sleep, he will, of course, mistake them… — Andrea Camilleri Copy Share Image
The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
The eye transmits its own image through the air to all the objects which face it, and also receives them on its… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Monaco is quite a specialist track, and it is very difficult to say if a car will be suited to it or… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
You can't get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface. You can only get… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
House GOP Leader John Boehner on Monday rightly sounded the alarm over billions in stimulus tax dollars that could potentially go to… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
There is something beyond power. The totality of one's being. Some call it nirvana. We have a higher destiny. Before you can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but… — Jo Durie Copy Share Image
I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
The word humility (also human) is derived from the Latin humus, meaning the soil. Perhaps this is not simply because it entails… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
I wish people were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface elements of a premise before tossing one story in… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that… — Brett Hoebel Copy Share Image
Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of… — Scott Weiss Copy Share Image
Time moves only forward, never back. We look forward to a moment and then it arrives and an instant later it is… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can… — Joel Garreau Copy Share Image
An optical impression is produced on our organs of sight which makes us classify as light, half-tone or quartertone, the surfaces represented… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
