In the case of patentable ideas such as the wheelbarrow, the idea of unpriced spillovers is more plausible. Yet there is no reason to believe that it is of practical importance. Indeed, there is a modern example of the wheelbarrow – that of Travelp...
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the words and the notes and this is a form of prayer. You attend the shows and this is the liturgy. You're interested in...
The connection being that in my head all language began in song and that the best stories inevitably reutrn to song, to a state of rapture. For years, I had assumed that throwing beautiful words at the page would make my prose feel true. But I had th...
Who was more conscious than the soldier of capricious fortune, of the random roll of the dice?
We clutch our bellies and roll on the floor... When I say this, it should mean laughter, not poison.
To deliver your own personal maximum, you’ll realise there are no shortcuts; if you want to be a champion it is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in.
Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole.
Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp all rolled into one
If you roll a pearl around your mouth it slowly reveals the dreams of oysters, memories of the sea, the taste of orgasm.
So he was frustrated with her. Most people rolled their eyes when they got frustrated. Alaric made dolphins do ballet.
Yeah, but the lost diadem," said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, "is , Luna. That's sort of the point.
If I weren't already dead, I'd have to kill myself just so I could roll over in my grave.
Fifteen feet away, the wide River Thames rolled past, dark and deep and mysterious is the sullen-not-quite sunrise.
I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'
I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.
Dance music cannot compete with a really great rock n' roll song. There ain't no DJ that's gonna play something that can take 'Mr Brightside' or 'Don't Look Back In Anger.'
As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of this art form. It was like gasoline on the fire of my youthful spirit.
I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
Stiff, huh? I think seeing you roll around on the floor in that tight little outfit accomplished that.
Are ya glad to see me, or is that a roll of poker chips in your pants?
Someone might as well roll up the whole sky, pack it away for good.
