To an American, that which deprives him of his freedom he regards as injustice, and that which allows him to enjoy that… — Ndabaningi Sithole Copy Share Image
“Clovensport, half German shepherd, half who-knows-what, was standing on hind legs before them.” — Casey Sean Harmon 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
If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and women in… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in American culture, from multiple angles. In fact, reading Sean Wilentz's… — Martin Scorsese 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 surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty… — Gertrude Bacon Copy Share Image
It should be possible to say that there really is such as thing as "genius" and that what it is, is precisely… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
It was not surprising ....that [my father] should seldom have long seasons of agonizing prayer such as some have experienced, for His… — Paul Bearer Copy Share Image
The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely… — David Kim Copy Share Image
It is thus that the generality of mankind, whose lot is ignorance, attributes to the Divinity, not only the unusual effects which… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Over time, I have come to see the work of literature less as narrating the world than "seeing the world with words."… — 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
They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising,… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I like [ Rick] Santorum personally and respect him, but you wouldn't say that he was really that strong of an opponent.… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
With sixty professors there are roughly eighteen hundred pairs of professors. Out of that many pairs it was not surprising that there… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
I love playing music as much as if not more so than I did when I was 19; that compared to most… — Slash 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