“Words are little houses, each with its cellar and garret. Common-sense lives on the ground floor, always ready to engage in "foreign… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They know their strengths, but they also… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I took a course on 'Magic, Alchemy, and Astrology' at Mount Holyoke, and it was a whole new awakening for me, a… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Beauty has long since disappeared. It has slipped beneath the surface of the noise, the noise of words, sunk deep as Atlantis.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I get up every morning and say, 'Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words - I love English - but I don't have… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
Whether Earth was deliberately terraformed, in other words, or whether it was seeded with the spores of life from crashed comets or… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
The two words, in the American lexicon, are never good. Pink slip. The first time I ever heard it when I was… — Susan Straight Copy Share Image
“The words that we speak, they come forth even when we do not wish to. The prakruti [our relative self] dances and… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess,… — Severn Cullis-Suzuki Copy Share Image
Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
“The words he had written wiggled off the page and escaped from the drawer. The letters stacked themselves, one on top of… — Pam Muñoz Ryan Copy Share Image
To be honest with you I may not always have the words to make you feel better but I do have arms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But now I want to say things that comfort me and that are a little free. For example: Thursdat is a day… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married,… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Is there anything in the world better than words on the page? Magic signs, the voices of the dead, building blocks to… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“34. Sexual contact between a boy and a girl is a progressive thing. In other words, the amount of touching and caressing… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
Both Trump and Putin use language primarily to communicate not facts or opinions but power: it's not what the words mean that… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Words to describe my father are 'battler' and 'consistent.' He came from the bottom and worked his whole life for everything he… — Jaren Jackson, Jr Copy Share Image
Photographs don't 'reveal' much at all but instead help us generate a kind of visual vocabulary that we can use to make… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
When I played Ivanhoe, kids used to come along and kick me because they thought I wore armour under my clothes. When… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought I had a pretty good American accent but I had a few sessions with a voice coach over there and… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
I think people hear the words 'transcendental meditation' and 'paganism,' and that's almost worse because it's real. Those are real things. Those… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
“Words I ONCE HEARD A MAN SAY OR WAS IT SOMEWHERE I READ, OR MAYBE SOMETHING I WROTE A THOUSAND TIMES IN… — Don S. McClure Copy Share Image
“Now the room has the contours and atmosphere of all rooms in which people stay awake talking. The fluorescent light is grainy,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
I think that anyone who likes writing views 'The New Yorker' as the, you know, pinnacle of the publishing world. If you… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
Fluency is the developmental process that connects decoding with everything we know about words to make the meaning of the text come… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
Words are not (except in theirown little corner) facts or things;we need therefore to prise them off the world, to hold them… — John Austin Copy Share Image
In the modern presidency, the Chief Executive is expected to respond to anxious national moments with words that stabilize the country. President… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
People don't even realize the power the mind has over the body in the way you perceive things. Change your thoughts, change… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
“We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’t… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Oh, to have “the word of Christ” always dwelling inside of us;-in the memory, never forgotten; in the heart, always loved; in… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“In fact, neither reader nor writer nor lover achieves such consumation. The words we read and the words we write never say… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image