Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
Sophocles
Recitation: by Male by Female
I just think you should get married if you want to have some kids.
John Corbett
ThinkYouWantGetJustKids
A mere ape in our world may be a scholar in its own, and the low life of any beast may be a source of deep satisfaction for the beast itself.
Jeffrey Kluger
LifeWorldDeepSatisfactionBeast
When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't write the autobiographical first novel. I was so, so determined not to write about a 24-year-old journalist. It was going to have male characters, and middle-aged people, so I could say, 'Look, I'm not just writing about my life, I'm a real author.'
Sophie Kinsella
LifePeopleWritingBookMy Life
I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.
Srikumar Rao
PositiveI AmNegativeThinkingYou
The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.
Tom Stoppard
MindEndWorryTalkingToo Much
Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.
Rod Stewart
BeautyFastThingsFast CarsLike
Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts just saved your legacy and, perhaps, your presidency by writing for the Supreme Court majority to rule health care reform constitutional.
Ron Fournier
GoodHealthJusticeWritingLegacy
I don't want to do anything Freudian.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
WantAnything
We all look in the mirror and name the things that we don't like about ourselves or wish we could change. Instead, name the good things and focus on that!
Colbie Caillat
ChangeGoodMirrorFocusGood Things
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
Antony Beevor
BeginningWarStupidCrimeBritish
I not only couldn't read but often couldn't hear or understand what was being said to me - by the time I'd processed the beginning of a sentence, the teacher was well on her way through a second or third.
Philip Schultz
TeacherTimeBeginningMeUnderstand
Arcade Fire always churns out music that makes me want to move.
Phoebe Robinson
MusicFireMeWantArcadeOut
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