A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to evaluate a leader in a very short-term perspective because to be a leader you must be able to… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Nowhere else in the Constitution does a "right" attributed to "the people" refer to anything other than an individual right. What is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
After the fall of communism in Poland, we had a post-communist as president for two terms: Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was very good.… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I'm an avid reader, and though it doesn't always work out in terms of relaxation, I've got to keep myself up to… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
In terms of the role of the media, that is my candidacy which does provide that truly progressive agenda that gets to… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
No-strings relationships have helped cure me of love addiction. All my life I've been in long-term monogamous relationships. I had to break… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your… — Stephen Elliott Copy Share Image
If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
It's important for us to vote in mid-term off year elections in the times where state legislators and mayors offices are being… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
As I have mentioned before, we cannot make the same sort of money out of permanent ownership of controlled businesses that can… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words. — Christian Rudder Copy Share Image
I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges. — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
As for the claim that drone 'pilots' are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military's own… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
The really important facts were that spatial relationships had ceased to matter very much and that my mind was perceiving the world… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism is a system that's ultimately predicated on and depends on some form of inequality. Feminism has always intersected with capitalism in… — Andi Zeisler Copy Share Image
Blaise Pascal used to mark with charcoal the walls of his playroom, seeking a means of making a circle perfectly round and… — Catharine Cox Miles Copy Share Image
The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I'm magnetic," she whispered, half awed and half horrified. "I hope you don't start sticking to fridges and stuff," I said in… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I think you have to ask yourself, what is the point of the script? What is the script selling? Because all scripts… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
I suppose all of those New Romantic clubs were quite up their own asses in a way. Well, Taboo was up its… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Homeland Security was rejecting, is rejecting terms like Jihad. They don't want to use terms like Jihad or Sharia, because they feel… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
My goal is to create a sustainable long-term business that, we're committed to print, we're rooted in print, but we're expanding into… — Maria Rodale Copy Share Image
In the Arab mindset, democratization may not be an exclusively negative term. But it's associated closely with American policies and the occupation… — Gilles Kepel Copy Share Image
I'm not going to engage in that kind of hateful rhetoric anymore. I just can't use those harsh terms. I cannot and… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I don't like this vision that Turkey is successful because it is as successful as the western powers in economic terms. But… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
He was a great president in his first term; in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
