What I do is write, and I try to write as closely as I can into what I call ‘the mystery.’ Nick Flynn Read Quote
Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture. Giraldus Cambrensis Read Quote
My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost. Yotam Ottolenghi Read Quote
I do say all I’ve ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, ‘Oh, that’s so sad.’ And I always say, ‘No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that’s a beautiful, beautiful thing.’ Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence. Natsuo Kirino Read Quote
My first Gibson was a ’91 Les Paul Custom tobacco burst. I still have it – it’s still amazing-sounding – but it took me a long time of saving up to get that guy! Lzzy Hale Read Quote
Many of the writers I admire – Melville, Dickinson, Kafka – were virtually invisible during their lifetimes. Art, I think, often has to dance around in the void. Jerome Charyn Read Quote
Climate change is real. Climate change is being substantially increased by humans and the carbon we put into the atmosphere. And it appears to be speeding up. If science has made any mistakes, science has been underestimating it. James Balog Read Quote
At the end of the day, if there are truly ethical considerations, those have to override scientific considerations. David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Read Quote
We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction that had no programming. Solomon Burke Read Quote
