Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. — James Geary Copy Share Image
Practice makes perfect. How many times have parents uttered those words to encourage their children ¦? — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
There's nothing like being a soldier for confidence or learning your limits or enduring utter humiliation. — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
I've always been a campaigner, ever since I was a child. It sounds like an utter clich but it's in my DNA. — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
My definition of utter waste is a coachload of lawyers going over a cliff, with three empty seats. — Lamar Hunt Copy Share Image
The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal. — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn,… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I played quite a bit for my home team, Morriston, in my teens. I batted and bowled, but I suffered the utter… — Steffan Rhodri Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
It seems, by today's standards, that it's better to seek approval than to tell the truth. It's better to utter sweet nothings… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“What is this love that makes me see beauty, and makes every beautiful thing bring you back to me? What is this… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Scrawling 'I'm gay' in lipstick on your parents' bedroom mirror may demonstrate a personal signature of the highest style, but is not… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
We have experienced an utter explosion in investigative techniques. Walk the streets, look at the cameras! They are now recognising people automatically… — Whitfield Diffie Copy Share Image
I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike… — Henry Villard Copy Share Image
There's no question that Kennedy was an utter failure as a passer of laws during his proverbial thousand days. — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
There is part of me that will always feel wrong for any leading man-type, charming guy or whatever. I am not that… — Nick Wechsler Copy Share Image
We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
