My parents were brutal to each other, so I slept in the basement by an old coal-fired furnace. I became a street kid. Occasionally, I’d live with aunts or uncles, then I’d run away to live in the woods, trapping and hunting game to survive. The wilderness pulled at me; still does. Gary Paulsen Read Quote
If there’s no limit to how big the entropy can get, then you can start anywhere, and from that starting point, you’d expect entropy to rise as the system moves to explore larger and larger regions of phase space. Alan Guth Read Quote
I read things like theology, and I read about science, ‘Scientific American’ and publications like that, because they stimulate again and again my sense of the almost arbitrary given-ness of experience, the fact that nothing can be taken for granted. Marilynne Robinson Read Quote
Audiences want to feel something intense, quickly, without wasting a lot of time. Sydney Pollack Read Quote
When I first got into the music scene, I was inspired by different songwriters. I like to dress from the ’50s and ’60s. I like to paint a picture of that era through my music and clothes. I am inspired by a whole a lot of things, from doo-wop to gospel and soul music. Leon Bridges Read Quote
I’ve always been a bit of a daredevil, even as a little girl with a pretty high pain tolerance and things like that. Caroline Buchanan Read Quote
I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don’t want it. Flip Wilson Read Quote
When I’m interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself – to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly. Bill Rancic Read Quote
Seneca brings vividly before us a picture of the various scholars assembled in a school of the philosophers. Frederic William Farrar Read Quote
Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients’ welfare. Barry Schwartz Read Quote
