I spend my days kneeling in the muck of language, feeling around for gooey verbs, nouns, and modifiers that I can squash together to make a blob of a... →
P. J. O'Rourke
I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.
John Oates
I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall... →
Joyce Carol Oates
Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.
I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding... →
We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it.
My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It... →
Barack Obama
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me. We want to drive all the exports we... →
Douglas R. Oberhelman