Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
People do stop me a lot, and what is really very rewarding is that the ages of the people who stop me… — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs. — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
I did everything in my power not to be an actress. I went off and did a teacher-training course first, so I… — Sarah Douglas Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
Corney & Barrow are proud to have the royal warrant, meaning that they provide the Palace with some of the greatest -… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Presidents are always also storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies. And surprisingly enough, Richard Nixon, this awkward man who didn't even really… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Creation stories, so central in the religions of the Middle East, play a surprisingly marginal part in Greek myth. The Greeks had… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
People are surprisingly off put just by saliva, the substance that you carry around in your mouth. You swallow it. You have… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
On first listening, Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark,' the first truly great pop album of 1974, sounds surprisingly light; by the third… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Despite the barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I live a surprisingly private and anonymous life. — Hasan M. Elahi Copy Share Image
The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to… — Joel A. Barker Copy Share Image
Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Twitter's been interesting. I'm kind of a tech geek, but I've never been a Facebook or Twitter guy. Surprisingly, I've really enjoyed… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
