The rule of thumb based into the brain by natural selection would not have been, Be nice to your kin and be… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb:… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the basic principles of liberalism to make it a stationary creed; there are no hard-and-fast rules fixed once… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
What is there so ponderous in evil, that a thumb's bigness of it should outweigh the mass of things not evil, which… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Women are much more discriminating. I think both types of people are equally interested in having an attractive partner. But women essentially… — Christian Rudder Copy Share Image
Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. “Oh my God, what is THAT?” I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It is Israel that must recognize Palestine's rights. We cannot believe in empty statements, twiddle our thumbs and watch our children getting… — Khaled Mashal Copy Share Image
Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his… — Naomi Mitchison Copy Share Image
Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled… — Tansy Rayner Roberts Copy Share Image
A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging. — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
The Oracle rose. As one, the three witches bowed. "See?" Bran jerked his thumb at the three women. "That's how a woman… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share Image
If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I understand the feelings of critics asked to come up with the ten best films of any year, who say, Ten? Ten's… — Edward Jay Epstein Copy Share Image
You say you do not know what God's will is, but I'll tell you what it is. Above all it is that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My victory is when the audience buys a ticket to watch my film. I am extremely thrilled when they give it a… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
So I guess that the next time I make a date with a concussed guy, I should pin a note to his… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
