Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson
Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
Valerie Plame
Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
Barbara Kingsolver
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
T. S. Eliot
I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
Edgar Wright
Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
Zoe Cassavetes
People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.
Jason Bateman
I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness.
Franka Potente
I would rather people understand that there is a very, very fortunate American who was given the opportunity, and was in the right place at the right time to have the moment of a lifetime. My mother was born - her name was Marianne Moon. And she was born in 1903, the year that the Wright Brothers first flew.
Buzz Aldrin
I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
Vince Cable
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
Matt Besser
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.