Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he’s worthy of your love. Helen Fisher Read Quote
I found that the recipes in most – in all – the books I had were really not adequate. They didn’t tell you enough… I won’t do anything unless I’m told why I’m doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right. Julia Child Read Quote
Geological age plays the same part in our views of the duration of the universe as the Earth’s orbital radius does in our views of the immensity of space. John Joly Read Quote
I want work that, possessing as thin a membrane as possible between life and art, foregrounds the question of how the writer solves being alive. David Shields Read Quote
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. Gerrit Smith Read Quote
There’s people who watch shows while they’re preparing their dinners, and they don’t want to focus, and they don’t want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there’s people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they’re expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever. Rashida Jones Read Quote
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. Alexis de Tocqueville Read Quote
It took me a while to accept that I’m not going to have the curves other girls get. Shenae Grimes Read Quote
