I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Harriet Tubman experiencegrowignorant Change image and share on social
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology. Curtis Sittenfeld biologyboardexperience Change image and share on social
The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does. Gabe Newell authorechangeentertainment Change image and share on social
My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages. David Korten costexperiencefast Change image and share on social
I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I don't know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly can't think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. I'm sure they're there, but I'd have to think really hard to recall them. Scott Baio disrespectfulexperiencehard share on social
My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience. Jennifer Armentrout answerbrandiscelebrity Change image and share on social
No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience. J. Carter Brown crunchexperiencegarden share on social
Utah may well be the most cosmopolitan state in America. Vast numbers of young Mormons - increasingly women as well as men - spend a couple of years abroad as missionaries and return jabbering in Thai or Portuguese and bearing a wealth of international experience. Nicholas Kristof abroadamericabear share on social
Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it. Jimmy Connors advantagedamnexperience Change image and share on social
The idea of a 'happening' is that there is little distance between the viewer and it, whatever 'it' is. It's an experience that's on-going and evolving. Doug Aitken distanceevolveexperience Change image and share on social