Earnestly Define Quotes & Sayings

The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It's the ability of individuals to choreograph that information in idiosyncratic ways, the hope that individuals might feel invited by the gravitational pull of a broad and open commons to 'rip, mix, and burn' - to curate. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Living on less creates the potential to do much more for others. — Jeff Shinabarger

Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one. — William Shakespeare

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible. — Michael Phelps

It was such a dramatic escalator that I was on. It was at 90 degrees. I was going straight up like a rocket ship into space. And I was thrown in with the sharks. They said sink or swim in this Cup deal. — Kurt Busch

A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. But you'll also want to minimize the use of oils generally, because while olive oil and other vegetable oils are better for your heart than chicken fat, they are as fattening as animal fats. — Neal Barnard

An odd contradiction, if the layman were correct in his unconscious assumption that an artist begins with reality and ends with art: the converse is true - to the degree that this dichotomy has any truth - the artist begins with art, and through it arrives at reality. — Robert Motherwell

Nothing in her world aligns to the surreality of her dreams. She can feel his presence, his warmth, his depth of intent pressing against her. — Truth Devour