List of Topics starting with [D]

Okay, okay, you win. One-just one- date. But that's all." She didn't look at Josh, just stalked off toward the nearest exit. "Do you get ...

Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and ...

And I had forgotten to get more Sweet'N Low, so I had to drink coffee as bitter as I am.

The books are all very, very different so the publishers really had to be different too.

When the film was presented in New York, the distributor reproduced the fountain scene on a billboard as high as a skyscraper. My name was ...

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, ...

She [Beyonce] is just an energetic performer and she loves drums. She loves edge.

All beasts are happy,For, when they die,Their souls are soon dissolv'd in elements;But mine must live still to be plagu'd in hell.Curs'd be the parents ...

I was creating commitment devices of my own long before I knew what they were. So when I was a starving post-doc at Columbia University, ...

Some say, don't burn your bridges.I say, if necessary, let the kerosenekiss it on the lips,and watch itturn to ash.There's always more than one wayto ...

What if in every breakup, the dumper gets to live happily ever after, while the dumpee gets a lifetime membership in the Bitter Book Club?

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which ...

Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.

Yesterday I fell in love,today feels like my funeral,I just got hit by a bus,shouldn't have been so beautiful,dont know why I gave my heart,gave ...

Social media sites are the perfect place to share daily updates. Don't worry about being on every platform; pick and choose based on what you ...

Do whatever you want to persevere, work for your own things, and do not depend on anyone to be your provider. That way, in the ...

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, ...

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you ...

If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.

Hurling looks a bit like a cross between lacrosse and second degree murder.

Never keep staring at the dreams you have on the paper ... Don't just live like a spectator. You have the power, you have the ...

People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'

He tried everything from science to voodoo, everything buy prayer. That, at least, I could give him in abundance. I prayed ceaselessly for him, a ...

I actually got dared to audition for the dance team. All my track-and-field buddies dared me to audition, and I was one of the few ...

I invited Onyx to be my plus one. Of course she was all in when I added that Grandma A had a massive swimming pool ...

Sculpture is a series of 3-dimensional shapes which, while fitting together, cause the perception of lines to the viewer, even where they do not exist.

I Have No Illusion These Will Come Easy.

But as someone famous (it was either Winston Churchill or Rocky Balboa) once said, 'Being brave ain't about not being punched, it's about being punched ...

DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion. The latter was a native of Ireland, its name being pronounced Terry ...

It's a bit like walking down a long, dark corridor never knowing when the light will go on.

Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology ...

But Mother, I don't want to go. It's just that ... I have to. I can't spend the rest of my life hiding in the ...

Stay alive.But she doesn't want to. She doesn't want to.

Don't wait for people to tell you who you are. Show them.

One of Henry Ford's most outstanding qualities is his habit of reaching decisions quickly and definitely, and changing them slowly.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Under the one word "house" are included the schoolhouse, the almshouse, the jail, the tavern, the dwellinghouse; and the meanest shed or cave in which ...

Hush, now", she said, stroking his head. "Hush. Dilsey got you." But he bellowed slowly, abjectly, without tears; the grave hopeless sound of all voiceless ...

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant - they're quite clear - that we would create law based on the God ...

Women seem to think they go on diets in order to feel happier, but I know from experience that this isn't true. In fact, I ...

People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell ...

I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.

The most perfect things in life are created by our imperfections,

First strategy was known to the sages as the Ritual of Solitude.

Blessed is death, since it, through the divine power, disrobes us of this work day garment, to clothe us with the wedding garment of incorruption. ...

There is no worse discriminator than envy. No worse traitor than envy. Even those who are seemingly righteous, are brought down low by their envy. ...

It's funny when I hear people complain - particularly about the most fabulous parts of being a designer, like when you're getting ready to work ...

Ah! Indeed but! But he consumes too much spice, eats it like candy. Look at his eyes! He might have come directly from the Arrakeen ...

I spent your Wish on that doucheface," I said into his chest."Hazel Grace. No. I will grant you that you did spend my one and ...

Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.Acts 13:38

As my ability to observe my desired destiny got sharper and sharper, my cells began to reorganize themselves. I began to signal new genes in ...

He has freedom on his face.

These people were the first to master a new kind of late twentieth-century life. They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of ...

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.

[A Buddhist monk on a pilgrimage speaks to a museum curator.]And I come here alone. For fiveseveneighteenforty years it was in my mind that the ...

Writing is good, thinking is better. Being smart is good, being patient is better.

We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.

A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.

All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.

The people who know me, the people who see the passion I have for this game and the respect for it, they know that I ...

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, ...

'Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the beginning of July and end of August. The dithering and ...

Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to ...

Yes, Darkstripe," Firepaw mewed, dipping his head submissively. He turned and muttered "Dirtstripe!" under his breath,

We live in a racist world. Everywhere there is racism. We say to White people, "You really have to examine how you behave in the ...

You were worth it.

Tintin comics evoke Bermuda, where my parents doled out comics for good behavior and my grandmother taught me how to shuffle cards.

Zen is ... joyous iconoclasm which respects nothing and no one, particularly itself.

What's the golden rule of social networking?"Luther hangs up his coat. "Don't do it?

Whatever you imagine, God is the opposite of that.

Part of dealing with the sense of being cut off - for both the one dying and the one bereaved - is acknowledging that though ...

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to ...

He said "They were heartily welcome to his poor cottage", and turning to Mr. Didapper, cried out, 'Non mea renidet in domo lacunar.' The beau ...

Dior makes the best lip glosses going. I'm nuts about them, especially the clear one with the silver sparkles. I got addicted to DiorShow Mascara, ...

In big houses in which things are done properly, there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there ...

Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed,And daffodillies fill their cups with tears,To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.

If you only would!" He added rather diffidently: "If you would not mind remembering that I am a military court of inquiry. It makes it ...

Over on the Democratic side, Martin O'Malley recently spoke about the need for Wall Street reform and said that he isn't running for president to ...

Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.

Living in fear is just another way of dying before your time.

There will be some one at the White House whom you will like more than me," Roosevelt had predicted during his final meeting with the ...

Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.

The thing that got me through the worst of my teen years was running and the piano.

Don't let others discourage you from writing. Your peers will never see your point of view and they don't have to its your story, your ...

I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved 'How to Train ...

To be brave, you have to fight against something that scares you. That's the rule.

You have a right to be angry, but you mustn't turn that anger back on yourself because that only compounds the damage which has already ...

No one is right when it comes to destination weddings. It's a big ask, requesting people take time off work and fly off to take ...

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into graphic design and ...

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?

To me, cooking is man's natural activity. But I think writing is really hard. Certainly writing fiction is the hardest thing I've ever done.

With 'Noontide Toll', I wanted to cater to a single story but also collectively more than a single story.

Some people may regard my views well and show respect to me, and I hope they have not deceived themselves in doing so. Some people ...

When I lament and darken over my diminishments, I accomplish nothing. It's better to sit at the window all day, pleased to watch birds, barns, ...