For however inhospitable the wind, from this vantage point Manhattan was simply so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full of promise -… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
In How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway creates an irresistible heroine. Shoko is stubborn, contrary, proud, a wonderful housewife and… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be… — Eileen Caddy Copy Share Image
I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
There is an environment where someone is always looking for someone to make an error. They're always looking not for the good… — Desiree Rogers Copy Share Image
Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life… — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
My mother thought my inclinations would do well in Law, but I was too shy and deliberative - slowfooted - for that,… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
I wrote a mad, passionate letter to the best restaurant in the UK, Le Gavroche in London, and asked if I could… — Paul Rankin Copy Share Image
NATO remains a military alliance, and we are against having a military alliance making itself at home right in our own backyard;… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The 70s were a wonderful time to be young. I think most young people at that time were pushing the boundaries, asking… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
The problem with being grounded is it gives you a whole lot of unavoidable time to think. NOt even pulling weeds can… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
In those days he really didn't know what he was talking about; that is to say, he was a young jailkid all… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z,… — Azzedine Alaia Copy Share Image
I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is a wonderful place where flowers grow in colors beyond the words of poets... trees sing with the songs of butterflies.… — Laurel Burch Copy Share Image
Usually women are the lynchpins of the family. They carry the brunt of the work at home and of being mothers and… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
There was an exquisitely beautiful conception in my brain when I did this piece of work all alone from midnight until morning… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
The waves get high, they get low. It's been a wonderful journey, every bit of it, and that's from every praise to… — Brent Musburger Copy Share Image
love comes from the heart not from the mind. you will love and be loved. don't force things good things take time.one… — Cathy Cassidy Copy Share Image
There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, I never meant, in my old age, to become subject to the thrall of a love like this; it is almost… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal… — Frank Darabont Copy Share Image
What I've learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
If you're dreaming of being a great soloist, walking on stage, receiving ovations night after night, having money thrown at you, girls… — Wu Han Copy Share Image
About the joys and the courage, I really don't know what other people think. I just know that I've never left Africa.… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I've always thought sleep was a wonderful invention. Not that being awake isn't nice too, of course. But when I get up… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't mean you can't do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Wherever people gather for selfless ends, there is a vast augmentation of their individual capacities. Something wonderful, something momentous happens. An irresistible… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine… If we dramatize its life and conceive… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
For me, it was a wonderful surprise because I saw wonderful actors being very professional working in front of me [on Chicken… — Vincent Paronnaud Copy Share Image
I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image