I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time. Jeff Ross backdevelopdrop Change image and share on social
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine. Billie Joe Armstrong enjoyfactfine Change image and share on social
I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway. Ira Glass livepeoplerealize Change image and share on social
The truth is, it's easier for me to write than talk... to express the state I'm in at any time. Joan Didion easyexpressstate Change image and share on social
Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before? Joan Didion choicedevoidfree Change image and share on social
Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand. Felicity Kendal agealtogetherclass share on social
A figure in Los Angeles politics for five decades, my mother nevertheless had had her fill of talking to people by the time she came home at night. Janet Fitch angelesdecadefigure Change image and share on social
The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious. Dan Rather attackbarkdangerous share on social
The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level. Naguib Mahfouz appreciatefeltinternational Change image and share on social
There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots. Burt Rutan airplanebrothercountry share on social