I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ...
IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ...
IAN RANKIN Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
IAN RANKIN No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'...
IAN RANKIN My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s...
IAN RANKIN You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and...
IAN RANKIN I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I...
IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo...
IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think...
IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i...
IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide...
IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in...
IAN RANKIN I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war. I vote no.
JEANNETTE RANKIN The individual woman is required a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed rol...
JEANNETTE RANKIN I finished St. Patrick's Cemetery last night. It took three hours.
ADAM RANKIN This makes up for me sleeping through history class in high school.
ADAM RANKIN It was an incredible time. There were thousands of people there. It was my proudest moment as a Hisp...
ADAM RANKIN Normal investigations take three to six months to complete, so I expect at that time, once the repor...
ADAM RANKIN The environment department is aware of the recall notice that's on the piece of machinery and that's...
ADAM RANKIN It's a small number of systems, but they serve around 700,000 people.
ADAM RANKIN The real problem with arsenic is the chronic long-term exposure. In the short term, these (delays) d...
ADAM RANKIN So to give drinking systems more time, the ones we feel are at risk of violating, we won't test them...
ADAM RANKIN There was a lot of energy in Birmingham that day, and a lot of pride.
ADAM RANKIN Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of ...
DIANA RANKIN Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of ...
DIANA RANKIN It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough...
JEANNETTE RANKIN You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
JEANNETTE RANKIN War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
IAN RANKIN We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating huma...
JEANNETTE RANKIN When you write, you hear the characters speaking to you as you take dictation from what they say. An...
ROBERT RANKIN The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War.
JEANNETTE RANKIN Oftentimes somebody makes a traffic stop and the test subject is not going to be compliant, so a lot...
CHRIS RANKIN TAPD officers responded to an inmate in need of an ambulance. Initial reports indicate he was involv...
CHRIS RANKIN Might it not be that a great force that has always been thinking in terms of human needs, and that a...
JEANNETTE RANKIN It is important for people to be able to read all sides of every question; for a feeling of national...
JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot...
JEANNETTE RANKIN We try to talk them through it and get them to realize where they're headed if they can't straighten...
CHRIS RANKIN an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention.
JERRY RANKIN During any critical incident like this-or any stressful event-officers can be placed on administrati...
CHRIS RANKIN I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy ...
IAN RANKIN The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorab...
JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be ...
JEANNETTE RANKIN Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.
JEANNETTE RANKIN You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go
JEANNETTE RANKIN As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else
JEANNETTE RANKIN You can no more win a war that you can win an earthquake
JEANNETTE RANKIN One of the distinctive elements is the tongue and groove ceilings. The roofs are designed to look li...
MARY RANKIN We started over with a bleach cocktail.
TIM RANKIN I believe word of mouth is the best thing any SGA member can do to increase voter turnout. One perso...
MATT RANKIN We don't have a lot of antiques, and I like to mix and match comfortable sofas with funky items on t...
REX RANKIN The suspect appeared at the door of one of the bedrooms and pointed a pistol directly at Officer Pot...
CHRIS RANKIN He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predict...
IAN RANKIN Naivete is the real reason I applied to Juilliard. I wanted to study drama and not musical theater b...
GAYLE RANKIN She's the whole package, ... No player is as single-minded as she is. She is one of the great repeat...
JUDY RANKIN This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.
IAN RANKIN There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into...
JEANNETTE RANKIN What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be ...
JEANNETTE RANKIN You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent...
IAN RANKIN My father was a slave to capitalist ideology. He didn't know what he was doing."
"You mean you ...
IAN RANKIN Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.
JEANNETTE RANKIN If there are no spots on a sugar cube then I’ve just put a dice in my tea.
ROBERT RANKIN War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possib...
JEANNETTE RANKIN I always get compared to looking like a silent movie star - though I don't know if that's a ...
GAYLE RANKIN I feel like support is what anyone with a disability needs.
AMY RANKIN We've had some good teams. To be able to tie, break the record is a good feat.
GARY RANKIN They're always physical. It's not a region game, but we still want to win it.
GARY RANKIN We've played them year in, year our. We don't look at what their record is. ... They're one of the f...
GARY RANKIN The match hinged on the first try after the break.
IAN RANKIN By that time, Rebus will be 59 and, for a CID officer, he is getting fairly long in the tooth. They ...
IAN RANKIN Whether Rebus's 'skills' are ones his bosses would wish retained is a moot point, but it seems I hav...
IAN RANKIN The match hinged on the first try after the break,
IAN RANKIN When a murder is satisfied, it isn't the beginning of the story; it's the middle. We shouldn't forge...
IAN RANKIN Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character. If you want to tell the reader a lot about a c...
IAN RANKIN It's a young man's book, all about the perils and pitfalls of growing up.
IAN RANKIN Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character,
IAN RANKIN It's a strange feeling to see one's books come up at auction and also, to some extent, a sign of my ...
IAN RANKIN As time's gone on, I've probably become a lot more like him [John Rebus]: I drink at his bar and I l...
IAN RANKIN There was a big hole, and I saw the cutback, so I took the cutback and everything was open from ther...
LOUIS RANKIN I ran through tackles, but there was a lot more yards out there on the field and I didn't take advan...
LOUIS RANKIN I believe it was good play-calling, but if you want to establish the run, you should run the ball mo...
LOUIS RANKIN It'll probably take some time to get used to.
LOUIS RANKIN That just gave us a chance to go out there and do what I know we can do. We can run the ball and it ...
LOUIS RANKIN She's the whole package. No player is as single-minded as she is. She is one of the great repeaters ...
JUDY RANKIN I think there is an appreciation in her for the fact that her game came back after that shoulder sur...
JUDY RANKIN [It is high praise for Daniel when she is compared to her idol.] I've always thought [Daniel's] was ...
JUDY RANKIN When someone tells me how they feel when they see something I've done and they want to live with it,...
JOAN RANKIN Despite the drought, floods and freezes, they come back every spring, and because of experiences in ...
JOAN RANKIN It was a joy-of-celebration piece, and the first time I put it out at a show, it sold, ... I never h...
JOAN RANKIN Since that day, I have been a different person, ... and my painting has brought me more joy.
JOAN RANKIN Then one wonderful spring morning, my friend called to ask me to go for a ride so she could show me ...
JOAN RANKIN We can still get into the upper half of the conference, and if seniors want to leave their mark, tha...
JOEL RANKIN Every team we've played the second time, we've played them better. You look at the shooting percenta...
JOEL RANKIN We've played some tough, close games lately and when teams make a run at us, we tend to get down on ...
JOEL RANKIN I had a broom that I'd raise high in the air and the kids practiced shooting over the broom. I think...
JOEL RANKIN They hit 23 of 26 free throws and that was the difference. They just don't miss from the foul line.
JOEL RANKIN Our kids really played hard. Carroll is a very good team and I think this was our best game of the y...
JOEL RANKIN You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
JEANETTE RANKIN We're half the people; we should be half the Congress
JEANETTE RANKIN In a last act of desperation, you just run for your life, literally. It's a shocking thing, the loss...
NEWELL RANKIN In all our pictures, we had an antagonist who becomes the good guy, and the underdog fulfills his qu...
ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. A muscle is life in a nutshell
ZEBADEE L. RANKIN Both destiny and free will exist simultaneously. You are destined to be given some opportunities but...
TOM TOM During times of hardship people find happiness in simplest pleasures
TOM TOM Am I good enough?
Trust.
TOM The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this ...
TOM REISS Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they ca...
TOM LANDRY There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail aro...
TOM HANKS Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.
TOM CRUISE Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.
TOM CRUISE Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomo...
TOM CRUISE When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. ...
TOM CRUISE I've spent many birthdays on a movie set, all great days.
TOM CRUISE I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybod...
TOM CRUISE When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that include...
TOM CRUISE Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right t...
TOM CRUISE I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and ta...
TOM CRUISE If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ...
TOM CRUISE Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.
TOM CRUISE What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture,...
TOM CRUISE I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband.
TOM CRUISE As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I...
TOM CRUISE The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo...
TOM CRUISE The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you sur...
TOM CRUISE I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&...
TOM CRUISE I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot o...
TOM CRUISE I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn'...
TOM CRUISE Do I make mistakes? Yeah.
TOM CRUISE I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a littl...
TOM CRUISE I go without sleep, I just go hard.
TOM CRUISE When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to...
TOM CRUISE Football is unconditional love.
TOM BRADY My favorite meal has always been fried chicken.
TOM WATSON The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.
TOM HIDDLESTON Eighteenth-century doctors prescribed sugar pills for nearly everything: heart problems, headache, c...
TOM REISS Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
KIANA TOM Good things, when short, are twice as good.
TOM STOPPARD Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper...
TOM STOPPARD The thing that happens remarkably often is that the people who are writing a dissertation believe th...
TOM STOPPARD I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
TOM STOPPARD My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
TOM STOPPARD The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; ...
TOM STOPPARD I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones...
TOM STOPPARD Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
TOM STOPPARD Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.
TOM STOPPARD All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. An...
TOM STOPPARD Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
TOM STOPPARD The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with t...
TOM STOPPARD For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clea...
TOM STOPPARD Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
TOM STOPPARD Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
TOM CONTI I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart...
TOM CRUISE Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil...
TOM BRADY Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all...
TOM BRADY Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ...
TOM BRADY The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
TOM BRADY I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.
TOM BRADY So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me...
TOM BRADY If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
TOM BRADY My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t...
TOM BRADY There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo...
TOM BRADY I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y...
TOM BRADY I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch...
TOM BRADY You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th...
TOM BRADY The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.
TOM BRADY When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.
TOM BRADY I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'...
TOM BRADY Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome...
TOM DELONGE I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal.
TOM BRADY What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t...
TOM COTTON So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis...
TOM LANTOS I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser...
TOM HOLLAND Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crust...
TOM DOUGLAS I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowi...
TOM CRUISE I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool...
TOM HIDDLESTON Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Ever...
TOM WAITS Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.
TOM DOUGLAS You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, eac...
TOM RIDGE America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness a...
TOM HARKIN My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've p...
TOM DOUGLAS I think we're very uptight in America. You have to remember that we're descended from Purita...
TOM FORD Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema...
TOM HANKS I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES We are set to make very bad history.
TOM WILSON These days an income is something you can't live without - or within.
TOM WILSON If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?...
TOM WILSON What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
TOM WILSON The waist is a terrible thing to mind.
TOM WILSON Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
TOM WILSON If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l...
TOM WILSON Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
TOM WILSON Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
TOM WILSON There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past.
TOM WILSON Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow.
TOM WILSON About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.
TOM WILSON If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one.
TOM WILSON I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.
TOM WILSON Mondays are the potholes in the road of life.
TOM WILSON A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range!
TOM WILSON Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
TOM WOLFE