My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time. Ed Emberley adrianbigbook Change image and share on social
I couldn't kill a chicken, I couldn't kill a cow - I was a vegetarian too at that time - so I thought, well what is there that I could kill? I couldn't kill this and I couldn't kill that. Ellen Burstyn chickencowkill Change image and share on social
My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses. Edie Campbell factfavouritehorse Change image and share on social
The most exciting thing is to read a poem out loud for the first time. Eileen Myles excitloudpoem Change image and share on social
Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. Elihu Root lincolnmanpardon Change image and share on social
A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice. Elias Canetti adaptadddead Change image and share on social
There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Everett Dirksen forceideapowerful Change image and share on social
Since I joined Congress, I've been shocked at how many times we were forced to vote on 1,000-plus-page bills without ample time to read or review what was in the final legislation. It's no wonder Congress doesn't enact good policy. Erik Paulsen 000amplebill share on social
People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true. Enya peopleperiodstudio Change image and share on social
When Pope Francis touched down on French soil for the first time in his papacy with a visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg last November, Ms. Royal was the senior French official there to greet him. Elaine Sciolino europeanfrancisfrench share on social