The brain is only three pounds of blood, dream, and electricity, and yet from that mortal stew come Beethoven's sonatas. Dizzie Gillespie's… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What an infernal set of fools those schoolmarms must be! Well, if in order to please men they wish to live on… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Every ex-player I meet says the exact same thing to me 'I wish I had given it longer'. Too many players get… — Kevin Kilbane Copy Share Image
I did try to come back and listen You never it..I didn't wish it But I did hear every answer ever question… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I am the oldest of seven. Do my siblings think I'm super cool? I wish they thought I was super cool! — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you live in a society that wishes you didn't exist, anything you do to make yourself happy disrupts its attempts to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there. — Morton Blackwell Copy Share Image
One must always say every word with consideration, and should not say what one does not wish to happen. Those who do… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
We suffer not from overproduction but from undercirculation. You have heard of technocracy. I wish I had those fellows for my competitors.… — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections,… — John Eudes Copy Share Image
Every successful photograph, except for lucky shots, begins with an idea and a plan. The more precisely a photographer knows what it… — Andreas Feininger Copy Share Image
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish I had time to do more reading, but I just haven't had much time. But I still find time for… — Youth Lagoon Copy Share Image
I threw the opening pitch at a Blue Jays game, and after the pitch, the mascot asked me if I wanted him… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
When someone is going through things in life you just wish you could take all their hurt and pain away. I feel… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
It's basketball. This is great. How do you get scars from something you love? You can get some regrets, 'I wish I… — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
Be sensitive to subtle differences between 'intuition' and 'into wishing'. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
NASA works for the White House. There are many at NASA that wish they were building a modern replacement for the Shuttle.… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a… — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Why?" she screamed. "Are you crazy? You know the English subjunctive, you understand trigonometry, you can read Marx, and you don't know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish men had boobs because I like the feel of them. It's so funny - when I record I sing with… — Emma Bunton Copy Share Image
Drew is a wonderful woman. I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out. I wish her much… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff. — William Topaz McGonagall Copy Share Image
We often tend to think that the executive wishes to maintain standard, wishes to reach a certain quality of production, and that… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image