Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It's been known since 1916 that cutting back calories is beneficial in every organism it's been tested on - from yeast to… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement.… — Pawel Pawlikowski Copy Share Image
I realize that sometimes I get bothered when I see the world acting like the world. Did you hear what I said?… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many… — Rick Doblin Copy Share Image
Beauties, when disposed to sleep, Should from the eye of keen inspector keep: The lovely nymph who would her swain surprise, May… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and… — Matt Czuchry Copy Share Image
I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center. — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
Can you see the deaths, divorces, job losses or changes, disappointments, surprises, and successes on people's faces? Have they been happy, sad,… — Tina Barney Copy Share Image
He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could… — Lynn Kurland Copy Share Image
... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
This is a big surprise I don't agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I'm prepared to make an exception for… — Banksy Copy Share Image
First of all, there is absolutely an order that we have put together to create the maximum number of surprises, but that's… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality… — Satya Bhabha Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets,… — Eliot Wigginton Copy Share Image
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In the Premier League, you never know who is going to win or who will be champions. It is always a surprise. — Neymar Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I can see that President Brezhnev was quite proud of the limited agreement that he had concluded in Vladivostok; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that… — Roger Mudd Copy Share Image
The dead are visible only in the terrible lidless eye of memory. The living, thank heaven, retain the ability to surprise and… — John Green Copy Share Image
A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Do you think…" He raised his eyebrows. "Do I think what?" "That Valentine might have drowned?" "Never believe the bad guy is… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the… — Cathy Guisewite Copy Share Image
I have always loved fashion, trends, style, make-up and hair, but yes, some sort of a transformation truly happens when I play… — Krystle D'Souza Copy Share Image
Chance leads to discoveries, and mutagenesis is a way to enhance one's chances of finding a surprise. Often it is the exceptional… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
Every movie is a surprise. That's what is so fun about it. You can be planning a movie for years, and then… — Richard Shepard Copy Share Image
You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
