From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me. Donald Kagan appealboychoice Change image and share on social
The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a responsibility to protect New Yorkers from violent crime or another terrorist attack - and we uphold the law in doing so. Raymond Kelly attackbroadcrime share on social
I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff. Deidre Hall dayenvyfill share on social
I tell the story by feel most of the time, and I am not much given to labyrinthian digressions but seem to be naturally drawn to compression and pace, and the feelings come about on their own. Daniel Woodrell compressiondigressiondraw Change image and share on social
We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. And crops get - seeds get carried. Sometimes, if they're very small seeds, they get scattered off trucks. Pollen travels. Nina Fedoroff carrycropdomesticate share on social
Any task can be completed in only one-third more time than is currently estimated. Norman Ralph Augustine completeestimatetask Change image and share on social
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen. Robert Staughton Lynd birthdaybrightenremember Change image and share on social
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. Mark Twain expectfithole Change image and share on social
For me, a lot of my work has dealt with what it means to be at the center of the universe and how alienating and kind of seductive it is. A lot of my work is very aggressive and very visual, but at the same time, it has a lot of tension in it and makes you kind of uncomfortable sometimes. Marco Brambilla aggressivealienatecenter share on social
Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality. Christian Lous Lange attemptcreatedevelopment share on social