If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Vaisey said, "Is it because your parents don't understand you?" Charlie said, "No, it's because our parents understand us very well, and… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
In the immediate as well as the symbolic sense, in the physical as well as the intellectual sense, we are at any… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
I think in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion, dislike, displeasure, resentment, fault-finding, imagination,… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
You have someone in your life whom you honor and revere so much that every hurt on them is inflicted on you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember, acting is not a business of glamour. It is science, craft and an art. Read about acting; don't do it for… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
Palestinians are a hard-working and an incredible community. They have done remarkably well outside their country. I have never met a poor… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
By far the most dangerous people in the world are optimists (those who believe that all can be made well here below).… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
Don't be too hasty," she warned. "Conserve your strength. If you're too eager to fight the undead, you may find yourselves joining… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
As the books of Job, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk clearly show, God has a high threshold of tolerance for what appropriate to say… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The threat posed by Bank of America isn't just financial - it's a full-blown assault on the American dream. Where's the incentive… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I believe that fallen creatures perish, perish for ever, for only good can live, and good has not been theirs; but how… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
I do very little on-camera acting, so within a phrase as a voice actor you have to know how to convey when… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Fargo,… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain than an ignorant person… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask; why climb the highest mountain?… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Love is merely a madness; and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Well, I have an idea, usually a visual image of some sort. A setting. A particular, I don't know, urban scene, a… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Make Him your friend and protector and your felicity is secured both here and hereafter. And with respect to particular duties to… — William Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the West in modern times that, of all the classes which could… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
One thing to remember when you're successful, famous, whatever you want to call it - well-known, not that well-known - whatever you… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
Stand us against a wall and shoot us, well and good, you are victors. But why should I be brought before a… — Robert Ley Copy Share Image
Of Captain Elliot, already so well known to the government, it would be almost superfluous to speak; in this action, he evinced… — Oliver Hazard Perry Copy Share Image
You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Sometimes somebody has an amazing house party and you meet great people and you dance - I've had incredible experiences. But they… — Desiree Akhavan Copy Share Image
Appreciation is the breath of life to the creative artist, and in spite of modern conditions, there is enough abroad to sustain… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I still have my "Anarchy in the UK" 7" [ Sex Pistols single]. I'm sure it gave us a context to think… — David First Copy Share Image
People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Well, hi, CeeCee," I said. "Hi, Adam. Nice of you two to drop by. Ever heard of knocking?" "Oh, please," CeeCee said.… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
When people have problems with their mortgages and jobs many feel they're a failure, they didn't work hard enough or speak well… — Haskell Wexler Copy Share Image
There are things you can describe in life and things you just can’t. There are dangers and adventures, miseries and fear that… — Andrew Klavan Copy Share Image
While I respect suicidal tendencies on most days, you’d do well to remember who you’re addressing and, more to the point, what… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image