I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But… — Steve Mann Copy Share Image
When one teenager dying of cystic fibrosis asked me, 'Why am I different?' I answered, 'Tony, because it makes you beautiful.' He… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something.… — Amanda Harlech Copy Share Image
A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life.… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
One of the turning points in the look of the Guardian is when we decided Logan Thackeray would be a Guardian as… — Jeff Grubb Copy Share Image
Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when… — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to ask when you don't understand. It sounds like a little thing, but awful things have happened, international incidents… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, when I was leaving school and they asked you what you were going to do, and I just liked acting,… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the… — Om Puri Copy Share Image
I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups,… — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
The religion I know most about, which is the Christian one, would simply say that it's not really for one man or… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation… — Lars Feld Copy Share Image
If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I used to think that I could be successful if I pretended to be a 23-year-old black woman. I wanted to find… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
What matters here are the works - finally without them his life would be uninteresting. What matters, that is, are the astonishing… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
The only thing that matters to me about my stories is that they're entertaining and they're funny. And I tend to get… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then… — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
It's tempting to think, 'This is silly. I'm an artist. I care about my work, my work is first. I don't care… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to figure out how to write about cancer and my family's experience with it. If I had been able… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
If you were to hold me down and tickle me to pick my favorite 'plus-comic,' it would have to be Kevin James,… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I remember, after graduating high school, I got a part in a play with the Washington Shakespeare Festival - a little part.… — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
I would love it if we made more comparisons between current issues and issues of the past. Maybe we'd realize that sometimes… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
My dad always said that 90 percent of marital problems could be solved by getting your blood sugar up, and he's right!… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street.… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that the author of the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos, read anything that we think of as… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I was pretty locked up emotionally as a kid - my family situation was tumultuous. But I was extroverted. So when I… — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
When you're on the court, there is certain things that you would do that you wouldn't do off the court. When you… — Kevin Love Copy Share Image
As governor of New Mexico, I would have - I signed a bill banning late term abortion. I've always favored parental notification.… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I have a list of ideas that I want to do for my art series, but I'm always trying to figure out… — Jill Greenberg Copy Share Image
