I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got out of high school and had to go work, and they weren't hiring opera singers.
For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering.
Socrates is flying. No, he is soaring. The wings behind him beat in a calming rhythm while the cool air rushes past. His wings are all that matter, snapping at the rushing wind like the sails of some great sea vessel, the feathery appendages all he i...
Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was impossible that twelve men could begin with the sword: they had not the power; but no sooner were the professors of Christian...
Share and Enjoy' is the company motto of the hugely successful Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Division, which now covers the major land masses of three medium-sized planets and is the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent...
I often said that writers are of two types. There is the architect, which is one type. The architect, as if designing a building, lays out the entire novel at a time. He knows how many rooms there will be or what a roof will be made of or how high it...
Warden: Bridges, you Carlin boys, don't forget your tickets back to my little hotel [throws their guns and gun belts on the ground] Warden: Don't worry, they ain't loaded. Stacey Bridges, Outlaw: What about our horses? We rode in here on three good a...
A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.
The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.
History is biology's dumping ground
There are pieces of me on the ground.
Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.
Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.
Any day above ground is a good day.
Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.
I've got a good family to support me, so I'm grounded in that way.
What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.
People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.
The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God.
