Unplaced Essentials Quotes & Sayings

The role of the patriarch is very important... Even though he may be an ineffectual one, his presence alone keeps the family together. — Siddharth Chowdhury

I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either. — David Cross

If I walk down the street in jeans and a plain t-shirt, I don't feel like the world sees me as I want to be seen or as what I am. — Rachel Trachtenburg

I always want more. — Alvin Ailey

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. — Gertrude Himmelfarb

The study of the Bible is a post-graduate course in the richest library of human experience. — Herbert Hoover

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family. — Leonard Slatkin

I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world. — Adeline Yen Mah

THE HOT (AND SERIOUSLY COOL) ENERGY that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of FELA! feels as if it could stretch easily to the borders of Manhattan and then across a river or two. There should be dancing in the streets! — Ben Brantley

We have been lost for so long,' " she said, still quoting from that scene. She looked past him at the boy. The boy was staring at the gun in his hands. He was nodding, seemingly to himself. " 'We long only for the world we were born into.' — Emily St. John Mandel

The degree to which we notice the obvious or the subtle, and the angle of light that we see falling upon it, depends upon how closely we look and the time we spend studying. — Fennel Hudson

Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

It was great growing up a nomad. To this day I still love hiking and back packing. — Jared Leto