Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould acceptadvancecivilization Change image and share on social
I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.' Katee Sackhoff distractfacefamously share on social
Each work seems to give me the most trouble at the time I'm working on it. Chaim Potok givetimetrouble Change image and share on social
From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths. Jimmy Connors drivehalfhour Change image and share on social
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? David Brin elephantheartbeatlive Change image and share on social
I kind of dislike 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' but most of Hemingway in general, mainly because his stylistic shenanigans ruined so many young writers of my generation who tried to imitate him. I think, for his time, he moved fiction to a different level stylistically, or at least added to the dialogue, but in our time, he's annoying. Christopher Moore addannoybell share on social
My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up. Brandon Sanderson fixjobsave Change image and share on social
When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it. Julian Casablancas finishfunhave Change image and share on social
My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix. Kendrick Lamar brothergayeisley Change image and share on social
The magnificent cosmos is a palace that has the sun and the moon as its lamps and the stars as its candles; time is like a rope or ribbon hung within it, on to which the Glorious Creator each year threads a new world. Said Nursi candlecosmoscreator share on social