There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I have been meditating for many years now, but I think for quite a few years my relationship with meditation was very… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Сertainly there are people for whom anti-depression medication has allowed them to use difficulty to wake up, and I don't deny that… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
We are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually. — Beaumont Newhall Copy Share Image
The Islamists had control over territory that was about half the size of the Federal Republic of Germany. For years, we have… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
CBS News finally received anthrax in the mail. As usual, we're number three. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: (i) this is worthless nonsense; (ii) this is an… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Weddings and funerals have so much in common (except that in Ireland funerals are more fun - better food, better drink): at… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I have a sense of melancholy isolation, life rapidly vanishing, all the usual things. It's very strange how often strong feelings don't… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
In my generation, if a man washes the dishes, the older women still tend to cluster around and coo and thank him… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
A designer…has the true responsibility to give his audiences not what they think they want, for this is almost invariably the usual,… — Lester Beall Copy Share Image
The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
The trouble is that the whole 'accept Christ' attitude is likely to be wrong. It shows Christ applying to us rather than… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
In the enfranchised mind of the scientific naturalist, the usual feelings of repugnance simply do not exist. Curiosity conquers prejudice. — W.N.P. Barbellion Copy Share Image
What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' [musical] was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Psychohistory, like psychoanalysis, is a science in which the researcher's feelings are as much or even more a part of his research… — Lloyd deMause Copy Share Image
Nature intends that, at fixed periods, men should succeed each other by the instrumentality of death. We shall never outwit Nature; we… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me… — Walter Russell Mead Copy Share Image
Novelty serves us for a kind of refreshment, and takes off from that satiety we are apt to complain of in our… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image