Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds later they come alight again, well the… — Tommy Cooper Copy Share Image
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
How is it you’ve never married?” A soft splash. “It’s an easy enough thing. Every morning I wake up, go about my… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowelless being of the Testaments - the vehement glorymonger, with His bag of cheap… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
„I forgive you for stealing my shawl.“ She smiles as he laughs. And then she vanishes. A simple trick of distracting his… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't… — Ramon Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up,… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Little brats yellin 'Trick or Treat' all through my screen door, When y'all should be at home sleep, Instead of at my… — Kam Copy Share Image
The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Reading aloud sounds like a good idea, but honestly, it doesn't work very well. Good dialogue in a book doesn't actually bear… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share Image
London has the trick of making its past, its long indelible past, always a part of its present. And for that reason… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as… — Bette Greene Copy Share Image
Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
After the war, Germany fully confessed to all its dirty tricks. It's necessary to is draw a line under the past, even… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
When you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to… — John Green Copy Share Image
In every life, no matter how full or empty ones purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm; for it has been made to trick men into being "loyal" to a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Just like every kid who comes into show business on some level, I used to put shows on in my basement. I… — Don Scardino Copy Share Image
You can go to India and you can see gurus go into samadhi. But when they come out of samadhi, they're nasty.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The West can only try to destroy Russia and China internally, through horrendous sets of tricks, propaganda and toxic lies. But now… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Do not worry about tricks and cheaters. If some people are trying to trap and hurt you, Allah is also trapping them.… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around.… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
There's not much difference between a fantasist and a visionary. We all have dreams and without dreams in business, I don't believe… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best tricks. It's common, it's in… — Bjork Copy Share Image
He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of… — Jim Lehrer Copy Share Image
Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free? If you've ever seen a one trick… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
A lot of the audience know that magic tricks are largely sleight of hand stuff, but they're intrigued by the mind stuff.… — Keith Barry Copy Share Image
“Oh, I don’t want to pat you on the head, faerie,” he said low in his throat in a deep purring growl… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
Whenever you take over something that is popular and has a fanatical following that loves it, you're never going to please everyone.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I have my own method [of acting]. I come from, I've interrogated people; I come from an undercover background, so it's hard… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image