In my dictionary, and everyone's dictionary in the 1970s, the word 'queer' did mean strange and unusual. There was no slur to… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
“she seemed not to worry very much about ghings, but rather to accept the world as a fascinating and unusual place where… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
Samuel Fuller pictures were both written and shot in such an unusual way that his voice came through loud and clear, and… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
I have called President Obama, and President Obama called me on various issues. This is part of our regular contacts, there is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
That is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual; the wise man wonders… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's cold water in the face to realize you're not nearly as special and as unusual as you might have thought when… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
“She loved old things. The brown-brick place was a survivor of the 1907 earthquake and fire, and proudly bore a plaque from… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Ball teams do not always run true to form in a short series. In a season's campaign, class will tell; the best… — Billy Evans Copy Share Image
I have always found the suburbs very beautiful – the light, the change of seasons and so on. I am not so… — Bill Henson Copy Share Image
Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language,… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections that surprise… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
My coming to England in this way is, as I realize, so unusual that nobody will easily understand it. I was confronted… — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Monday is President's Day and former President Bill Clinton is very excited. He is taking George Bush, Sr. to 'Hooters'. ... George… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
It's no longer unusual for real avant-garde composers to have been in a band, and for bands to be interested in a… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I think the thing that music can do is be unsettling. It is abnormal - music that's perceived to be different in… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Starlets were always turning up dead in people's pools. They fished them out like goldfish. Nobody seemed to find it unusual that… — Jonathan Rosen Copy Share Image
My mother is a tall woman - as is everyone in my family. At her prime, she stood 5 feet 9 inches,… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and… — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This… — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like,… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says, 'live people ignore the strange and unusual. I, myself, am… — Beetlejuice Copy Share Image
But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
I found him well educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with misanthropy, and subject to perverse moods of alternate enthusiasm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Audacious faith is the raw material that authentic Christianity is made of. It's the stuff that triggers ordinarily level-headed people like you… — Steven Furtick Copy Share Image
I've been making a lot of pasta. It's easy. There are unusual tastes that you can combine. I cook because my kids… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia… — Randal Kleiser Copy Share Image
President Trump basically has interfered with an investigation where he may be implicated. That's outrageous. And that's why we're having so much… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For me, stripping was an unusual kind of escape. I had nothing to escape but privilege, but I claimed asylum anyway. At… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for me to wake up in the middle of the night and not know where I am. I take… — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
