28214 Quotes & Sayings

At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line. — Hugh Bonneville

By conceiving of love as biologically inevitable, key to the continuation of the species, Schopenhauer's theory of the will invites us to adopt a more forgiving stance towards the eccentric behaviour to which love so often makes us subject. — Alain De Botton

When you've got kids, it's a big undertaking. It's like doing four movies in a row. — Scott Raab

I obsess over things ... especially my book projects. It can be very time consuming. — Tony DiTerlizzi

After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours. — Michelle Moran

A square egg in a dish of lentils won't make a marrow bend with the wind, nor will it make rhubarb grow up the milkmaid's leg. — Les Dawson

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again. — Jenny Offill

In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted. — Bat For Lashes

FYI, baby, havin' your attitude back is so far from annoying, it's not fuckin' funny. — Kristen Ashley

What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern. — Susan Orlean

Knowing something about the deep origins of humanity only adds to the remarkable fact of our existence: all of our extraordinary capabilities arose from basic components that evolved in ancient fish and other creatures. — Neil Shubin

A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

When you died I didn't weep nor dream but knew you like a god breathe in each healing we begin. — Olga Broumas

The mind loves telling stories; in fact, it never stops. — Russ Harris

From American Idol to The Matrix participatory media - where old and new media converge by involving fans - is influencing our culture by creating new forms of interactive storytelling. Yet by enabling people to participate in such various media they can converge as a crowd to alter the story to create new modes of engagement, some not necessarily endorsed by the creator - or the brands that back them. — Henry Jenkins