One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks. Mo Udall blackhellpeople Change image and share on social
One quality of a good songwriter is to be vague. A vague notion, a vague image, but enough to give the listener the opportunity to make more out of what's being said than is there. That's the great thing about Bob Dylan's songs: We the listeners have made more out of them than he ever intended. John Mellencamp bobdylangive share on social
One quality that a director needs to acquire in Hollywood is to understand the system and figure out how to work within the system to express one's own ideas. Kim Jee-woon acquiredirectorexpress Change image and share on social
One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff. We also try to use humor as a vehicle for communicating ideas. Not editorial comment, but observation. Robert Mankoff commentcommunicateeditorial share on social
One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us? Bruce Feiler alignchooseforce Change image and share on social
One quintessential moment in time is when you're 22, when you graduate college. And then another quintessential time is as a middle-age man. That's the convergence. Bruce Eric Kaplan agecollegeconvergence Change image and share on social
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. Beverly Cleary bookdiscovergrade Change image and share on social
One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones. Saint Ignatius commonplacedeedexceptional Change image and share on social
One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute. Helen Frankenthaler bearbeautifulhead Change image and share on social
One really interesting thing for me was learning about kitchen etiquette, and the differences between an Indian kitchen and a French one. They're different in atmosphere, and also in how chefs maneuver within them. Manish Dayal atmospherechefdifference share on social