Quotes By Famous Authors: [V]
London is like a collection of hills. There are lots of desirable spots and lots of space in between. The idea of elbowing people out ...
My mother never took my hand.
In fact, science is neither materialist nor idealist; it is simply science. It's impartial and can't be answerable for the direction of its conclusions.
I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to learn.
"One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so often the case, to ...
You can't keep putting things off by grilling beards
I get to meet a lot of people, and I really like people.
And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. ...
Young people in college were not even born when the Berlin Wall fell, and so they are not really cognizant of the Cold War and ...
The secret is just to not give up hope. It's very hard not to, because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will ...
Morality, like physical cleanliness, is not acquired once and for all: it can only be kept and renewed by a habit of constant watchfulness and ...
A novel is a hearty meal, but poems are the Belgian chocolates of the bookshelf. You can pick one and linger over it. Savour the ...
At the Hong Kong festival, we were co-producers of the opening film, 'Aberdeen,' which is the third part in a popular movie series.
A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.
Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Thoughts are nothing but cause and effect.
I want to be remembered for my dreams.
Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.
It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has ...
So, why the hell don't adults talk about anything interesting anyway? Or maybe it's just the ones I know, but really, what the fuck?
To retain the victory.You have to keep on the fighting.
They say the day you die your name is written on a cloud.
All those who have travelled through life gathering stories and in old age choose to earn their keep by telling them are suddenly hit by ...
If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want ... well, that's where you're right. But - and ...
Sometimes i just get bored live in real life, so i will hide my self in to the fiction by writing and reading, then comeback ...
This is the art of courage: to see things as they are and still believe that the victory lies not with those who avoid the ...
I'm my own toughest opponent. So I talk to myself. I curse at myself. I pump myself up. Whatever it takes to do. I don't ...
Imagine a different world, one in which people do not spend an inordinate amount of energy fuming against their fate each time they make a ...
Numbered are the daysof hunger stricken straysa woman's curving tastea paper police state.
I don't think there's any pop music directed at the peculiar class of anger that I know women of my age feel.
A romantic kiss is the perfect fusion of science and mythology--the scientific account of the biochemistry of saliva and the countless muscles and nerves involved ...
If you were mine, I'd never willingly put you in a situation where you'd be in danger. I'd lay my life on the line to ...
It's always a struggle to make things sound more or less brilliant.
It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.
Whatever you give, if you give it freely and without conditions it'll come back to you two fold.
It seemed as if at least a moment some spring had burst forth in his barren soul.
A promiscuous person is a person who is getting more sex than you are.
The United States remains deeply concerned that, to date, no individuals have been convicted for the 1999 killings of U.S. citizens Agron, Ylli, and Mehmet ...
Time well spent is an investment of the past for a practical and bright Future.
Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; ...
I believe profoundly that in the struggle against Communists and their organizations [...] we cannot and should not resort to the methods and forms employed ...
Hold all men in mind as being healthy, happy, and prosperous. When you do this you are helping others and sowing good for yourself. Always ...
To worship Jesus is out-of-date. What we now need to do is to take Him down from the cross and Live Jesus, Be Jesus, or ...
Quite apart from the problem of the vote, it's bad for the image of Parliament that people take the trouble to come up and are ...
Even the sad roots songs have a lot of good stories to them, and the murder ballads are good too. I mean, who doesn't like ...
My job is to inspire others to live full lives. Whether I do that through my writing or my actions are one in the same.
Such an unforgiving spirit will certainly hinder your prayer. No matter how hurtful the offence might be, God still holds you responsible to forgive for ...
Michael's bed gave me a good night's sleep and a pleasant little cough of settling when I laid on it. I felt like it was ...
Children are like a mirror. They help you see yourself and all the flaws that you and your partner might have avoided looking at earlier.
I am not above the influence, I am not below it, I am the influence.