Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light - in a little cruse - lasted as long… — Charles Reznikoff Copy Share Image
The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If I believe in anything when it comes to writing, and I can't stress enough that I detest writing, it's something that… — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attempted although married six months. Big mystery. No one… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary." — Yogi Berra Copy Share Image
The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man always made, and still makes, grotesque blunders in selecting and measuring forces, taken at random from the heap, but he never… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I have been styling my own hair since I was four years old ... and I still don't let anyone else touch… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens,… — Kool Moe Dee Copy Share Image
I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher,… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Virtually everything I learned about leadership traits and core values, I learned in the Marine Corps. To this day, I keep a… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
conformity has been a devastating thing. Its ill effects continue right to this day. Customers still look at the woman in the… — Virginia Graham Copy Share Image
What the creeping crud is that?" [Percy] demanded. "You’re inside a giant glowing chicken-man!" "Hawk!" I yelled. I decided that if I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones had anyone brought such grace and… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I got in my car and followed [Marlon Brando] down to Chinatown, and got about twelve shots. Brando called me over and… — Ron Galella Copy Share Image
The reality in Washington D.C. is if you live in Tenleytown versus if you live in Anacostia, you get two wildly different… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
The '80s just had this sense of outrageous fun coupled with great stories and characters. Then there's the practical effects and buckets… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
The belief in supernatural forces remains to this day a yoke on the neck of humanity, but at least Thales made it… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
What I think a psychic is, unfortunately, I think in this day and age, it's taken on sort of a rancid sound. — Sylvia Browne Copy Share Image
I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
'Outlaw Cook' was a revelation. Folks like Jeff Smith and Marcella Hazan got me interested in cooking, but John Thorne pushed me… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image