I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities. David McCullough Read Quote
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people’s deserts. David J. C. MacKay Read Quote
It is easy to club people together, but there are bound to be influences of authors you’ve read. I grew up reading fast paced authors such as Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Archer, but to say I’m one of them isn’t true; my style is intrinsically my own. Ashwin Sanghi Read Quote
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Read Quote
In every conversation I’ve had – with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums – everyone says there is an underlying consciousness of karma. That people believe in karma – that what you’re putting out is going to come back. If I do something to you, the energy of it is going to come back to me in the future. Deepak Chopra Read Quote
Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone’s idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. Sarah Michelle Gellar Read Quote
Obama gave temporary amnesty to well over 1 million illegal immigrants, and Romney said nothing. Virgil Goode Read Quote
Our awareness gap and the fuzziness about how people might understand Ulta today is a ripe opportunity for us as we think about going forward. I imagine this is like almost relaunching the brand of Ulta. Mary Dillon Read Quote
I was always aware of what the language I was using meant in terms of my bond with my parents – how it defined the lines of affection between us. When I spoke English, I felt I wasn’t completely their child any more but the child of another language. Jhumpa Lahiri Read Quote
