When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not... →
David Dewhurst
The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that... →
Philip K. Dick
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to... →
Charles Dickens
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.
James Dickey
Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I'm all for it.
Janice Dickinson
Although a novel takes place in the larger world, there's always some drive in it that is entirely personal - even if you don't know it while... →
Joan Didion
I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking... →
Vin Diesel
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
Diogenes
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.
Peter Doig