I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
The Persian's mind, like his illuminated manuscripts, does not deal in perspective: two thousand years, if he happens to know anything about… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words. — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.... If I had a thousand sons, the first… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness...but in your generation,… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A curious thing about written literature: It is about four thousand years old, but we have no way of knowing whether four… — John Barth Copy Share Image
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The city is a cultural invention enforcing on the citizen knowledge of his own nature. And this we do not like. That… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
Dream big dreams! Others may deprive you of your material wealth and cheat you in a thousand ways, but no man can… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I wonder, when a writer's blocked and doesn't have any resources to pull himself out of it, why doesn't he jump in… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
That's what I want for my life. I want to go to Peshawar... Because there's more past than present there. Two and… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me. — Angelus Silesius Copy Share Image
I love the joy of mountains Wandering free with no concerns Every day I find food for this old body There's leisure… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
Show the world that your God is worth ten thousand worlds to you. Show rich men how rich you are in your… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
God has a thousand-year calendar with only one day marked on it. It is marked “TODAY”. — Reinhard Bonnke Copy Share Image