Six hours a day I lived under school discipline in active intercourse with people none of whom were known to those at home, and the other hours of the twenty-four I spent at home, or with relatives of the people at home, none of whom were known to anybody at school. Georg Brandes Read Quote
I have always tried to play the right way, and I honestly believe for the most part the etiquette in snooker is very good. So when there are breaches, and there are, it stands out. Neil Robertson Read Quote
I didn’t go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they’d let me play. Ben Sasse Read Quote
Al Jazeera is not a tool of revolution. We do not create revolutions. However, when something of that magnitude happens, we are at the center of the coverage. Wadah Khanfar Read Quote
When I grew up, my dad always used to watch ‘Star Trek’ and any and every sci-fi show you could imagine. I used to watch it with him, and I loved it. Erica Cerra Read Quote
A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment. Ernest Bramah Read Quote
Every election, a presidential candidate inevitably proposes a new cabinet agency. The idea is that this is the only way to solve a particular problem. Just create more government. Christopher Buckley Read Quote
I’ve never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, ‘Hey, listen to this, listen to this.’ Gillian Welch Read Quote
Most of our American musical heritage is based on European models, but the folk hymns and spirituals are one of the most fertile and unique of our American musical traditions. Mack Wilberg Read Quote