Everybody in Naples must have a picture with me by now, but if you need another one, I never say no to a selfie. Dries Mertens Read Quote
There’s no reason why we cannot become smarter, more perfect, and maybe even live longer. Michio Kaku Read Quote
The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project, you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story. And yet there are certain concerns that stay constant. Adam Mansbach Read Quote
Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole. Leon Battista Alberti Read Quote
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity. Bill Vaughan Read Quote
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians. Pat Buchanan Read Quote
In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons. Ruth First Read Quote
I’m not going to be one of those people who says, ‘I’m a showrunner; I’m not a black showrunner.’ I’m black when I go to sleep. I’m black when I wake up, period. It doesn’t affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it’s who I am, and I’m proud of it. Cheo Hodari Coker Read Quote
The thing, when you’re down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
Britain and the US remain the Wild West for ideas, where pioneers push each other towards ever greater heights in the white heat of free enterprise. No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success. Liz Truss Read Quote