That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given… — Charles Scott Sherrington Copy Share Image
Even with all of its changing, Brooklyn's architecture still feels like home, the language feels like home. It's changing so quickly that… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Specifically, doing shows, I have this tendency - at least in the early days - to really zero in on somebody who… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good… — Alan Loy McGinnis Copy Share Image
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. I have had twenty-five or thirty souls, with… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If I look at my own recordings, I think generally there is a focal point within the song and often it's the… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
... I still wish to contend that some metaphors enable us to see aspects of reality that the metaphor's production helps to… — Max Black Copy Share Image
With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding… — Bob Hayes Copy Share Image
Her face ... was a one-of-a-kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme - a variation that made observers think, Yes -… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
There is something thrilling in the mimesis of life's surprising unfolding. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves. — David Simon Copy Share Image
Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted. — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
“It's surprising what you can fail to achieve if you really put your mind to it.” — Peter James West Copy Share Image
There is a way of the Spirit unknown to the natural mind. No barrier can keep you from finding His best except… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
What was especially surprising for me is that there are many people who view Sci-Hub as some kind of a tool to… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
The photographer, like an acrobat, must defy the laws of probability or even of possibility; at the limit, he must defy those… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the… — Paul McGann Copy Share Image
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended,… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Even with a stable character, you want something surprising to happen, hopefully because that's what the camera loves the most. That's what… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
We [me and friends] like to have surprising stories, but the dynamic and the friendship is the same. When you go out… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
I've never really taken myself seriously as an actor, It is surprising the amount of people who think I'm going to be… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
The human race is the most stupid and unfair kind of race. A lot of the runners don't even get decent sneakers… — Banksy Copy Share Image
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