Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! Pierre Corneille Read Quote
My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact. Philipp Meyer Read Quote
My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. Billy Corgan Read Quote
I’ve worn a lot of humdingers in my time, but as a model it’s my duty – my responsibility – to bring life to any garment. That can be challenging when it comes to high fashion, where the creations can be very eccentric, but I’ve gained a reputation for being the go-to girl who can pull it off. Erin O'Connor Read Quote
How do we refresh our language? Why do we still use, like, a 150-year-old classification system to talk about people? It’s so weird! We still call people black and white? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Read Quote
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face. Sydney J. Harris Read Quote
If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate. Steven Pinker Read Quote
Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I’ve never been cool, but I’ve felt cool. I’ve been in the cool place, but I wasn’t really cool – I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It’s the awkwardness that’s nice. Marc Jacobs Read Quote
I don’t go around saturated in guilt or anything like that. I do worry about things quite a lot, but I don’t feel as though I am a bad person. Louis Theroux Read Quote
