There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society. Harold Pinter Read Quote
One thing I love about being back is English rain. Looking out of the window now, it’s raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. I love it when it rains. Kate Winslet Read Quote
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Isaac Asimov Read Quote
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m. Natalie Coughlin Read Quote
This is the hardest job I’ve ever had, being a mom, but it’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. Ally Walker Read Quote
I would say that molecular gastronomy is a field of science. I would – I would say that it’s probably lumped under chemistry, maybe. Because cooking, while it has certainly biology and some physics, it’s mostly chemistry. Wylie Dufresne Read Quote
Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can’t do anything about that. We can’t control that. Robert Redford Read Quote
If you’ve stacked on the weight over time, and if you don’t have any health issues, you don’t realise. So you’ll see yourself in the mirror and, yes, you know what the scales say, but you don’t actually see what other people see. Barry O'Farrell Read Quote
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
