It’s not odd to be a female in a band anymore. It’s not odd to be a girl carrying a guitar case to a gig. Nita Strauss Read Quote
I’ve found that motherhood helps you figure out what absolutely needs to be done and what doesn’t. You just learn to do everything quicker and quicker – your style and your makeup gets more refined and generally easier. Jade Jagger Read Quote
As an adult, I’ll give a writer 50 pages. If the book doesn’t interest me in 50 pages, I’ll say the heck with it – there are just too many other things to read. A child won’t give you 50 pages. Sid Fleischman Read Quote
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Read Quote
Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered. Abdullah II of Jordan Read Quote
I’ve learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be. Charles Van Doren Read Quote
Every moral teacher or spiritual adviser gives injunctions about how to live wisely and well. But life is so complicated and full of uncertainty that rules seldom tell us quite what to do. Ian Hacking Read Quote
You know, us in Africa, all what we know, all what we dream about is football. Because when I was young, all what I tried to do, all what I had a chance to watch on TV was football. Emmanuel Adebayor Read Quote
To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances. William Kingdon Clifford Read Quote
I’m interested in people. I’m curious about people, and of course we’re curious about people whose work we respond to. So I’m not saying that I don’t understand fascination with other people. But as it’s dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really. Gaby Hoffmann Read Quote
