Quotes of: Stevens Keyword

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

Shirley Conran

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

Vikas Swarup

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

Vikas Swarup

I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

Vikas Swarup

Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.

W.J. Cameron

The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.

Warren Farrell

The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.

Warren Farrell

Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act.

Walter Kirn

Given Loughner's obsession with meaninglessness and language, maybe Foucault & Derrida deserve some fault here, too.

Walter Kirn

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

William McDonough

I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

Wess Stafford

Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.

Yusef Komunyakaa

A woman accepted anything from life and made it the best; a man bargained for the better but also the less perfect.

Yiyun Li

Does marriage have such a revolutionary power that a long-established habit can be overthrown in such a short time?

Yiyun Li

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.

Yiyun Li

Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.

Yotam Ottolenghi

New-season lamb shoulder, cooked pink, is the perfect platform for a mixture of fresh and cooked herbs.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.

Yotam Ottolenghi

It's hard to beat the rough texture of steel-cut oats, with their slight resistance against the teeth.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.

Yotam Ottolenghi