The kind of lecture which I have been so kindly invited to give, and which now appears in book form, gives one… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
Making an independent documentary film is so hard that usually, the usual model is that your film becomes a model for advocacy,… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . .… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When I was about ten my favourite article in the huge and mouldering Encyclopedia Britannica we owned (the ninth edition) was the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I generally avoid over-population arguments. But there's no question we're in population overshoot. The catch is we're not going to do anything… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
If we are going to do anything significant with life, we sometimes have to move away from it- beyond the usual measurements.… — Bede Jarrett Copy Share Image
My parents divorced. There was the usual awkward business of going between them, but I was mostly with my mother. She remarried… — Jacob Rothschild Copy Share Image
One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
A sports bar is a way to take a bar and fill it with even more annoying people than usual. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives.… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense. — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I was tired of an outlaw's life. I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I… — Frank James Copy Share Image
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
the usual attitude of Christians towards Jews is - I hardly know whether to say more impious or more stupid, when viewed… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
There are more ways of killing a man's love than by strangling it to death, but that's the usual way. — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image