You might not think a hippo could inspire terror. Screaming “Hippo!” doesn’t have the same impact as screaming “Shark!” But I’m telling… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When farming became a corporate venture, and the distribution of food became corporate, the variety of foods that were considered good diminished… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
I think now happiness is a thing you practice like music until you have skill in striking the right notes on time.… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Laplace considers astronomy a science of observation, because we can only observe the movements of the planets; we cannot reach them, indeed,… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
I took Alexey Brodovitch course at the New School. He taught me something that I've always remembered: After we did the initial… — Jerry Schatzberg Copy Share Image
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
There's all of the DVD extra material and all these other pieces of information that don't fit into a 90-minute experience, but… — Alex Stapleton Copy Share Image
The idea kind of started with me just thinking about what would be fun to see in animation, you know - what… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
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In film, you have to present everything on the screen so it's the opposite of what I usually do with storytelling. It… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Tell the Queen that there's been a robin red-breast hanging about Kotir grounds. It flies down low and vanishes near the floor.… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
If I have a rare Saturday night when I can go out to see a movie, I look at the paper and… — Jonathan Mostow Copy Share Image
This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Moral crusade: Public activity undertaken by middle-aged men who are cheating on their wives or diddling little boys. Moral crusades are particularly… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I feel a particular sense of responsibility when you're taking something from the magazine directly and putting it in video. You can't… — Dawn Ostroff Copy Share Image
I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any scientific evidence about the question of whether we think only in language or not. But introspection… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Treat all men alike… give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
We all have found ourselves in awkward, embarrassing situations, often brought on by ourselves - thinking we are saying something clever, for… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
I'm not stupid, I realise selling it is not as important as it used to be that way, I think it's more… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
There are many agreements across the so-called "world religions," at a certain level of abstraction. But when it comes to applying them… — Kwame Anthony Appiah Copy Share Image
I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It can't be that difficult to build a great thermostat. So I decided to figure out: What would the thermostat for the… — Tony Fadell Copy Share Image
I got plenty of guesses wrong on things in the past as well. I don't want to pretend I have some great… — James Packer Copy Share Image
I think one is naturally impressed by anything having a beginning a middle and an ending when one is beginning writing and… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I do triage on everything that comes through the door, and if it's not something we need (now, for real-not maybe someday)… — Michelle Herman Copy Share Image
Sometimes along the way, when people are actively working, they will start to do a search for their roots and maybe get… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
“Your Majesty?” Alric looked up at the thief with a scowl. “I just want to say for the record that as far… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
To Nature the dweller in the Nile valley linked all that was dear to him: his happiest fetes, poetry, and love -… — Marie-Luise Gothein Copy Share Image
I think the other side of this is in this balance between the social state and the punishing state, remember, the social… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I think that in a certain sense, we're concerned about the same issues. How do you accent the progressive, the prophetic, those… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking,… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I think that too far, too much, to a greater degree than is anywhere near appropriate, America and our politics are being… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
...the total number of galaxies in the universe seems to be in the region of ten billion, and that each of them… — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
When a party can't think of anything else they always fall back on Lower Taxes. It has a magic sound to a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
All stress begins with a negative thought. One thought that went unchecked, and then more thoughts came and more, until stress manifested.… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I think in the '50s, the percentage of Americans employed by the private sector who were in unions was above 30 percent.… — George Packer Copy Share Image
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Now I'm sixty-one... sixty-two, pretty soon. It's a really interesting age. Now we have women of your age, and coming up, and… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image