One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet Union.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

When I found him lying in the ditch holding a shovel, I thought he was sleeping on the job. Turns out he was being even lazier, and he was in fact dead.

We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me – he’d gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But,...

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

The poet’s expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

We live in such a consumer-based world. Everything we do, someone else has provided for us, so there is something really empowering about knowing that once I have found the right pieces of wood, I...

I was certainly never conscious of ‘playing the woman.’ I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a...

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.

Never mistake the uncomfortable feeling of insecurity and the fear of the unknown with the Holy Ghost’s promptings. Sometimes those feelings are simply Satan keeping you stuck where you are because he knows you will...

I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn’t, I hit them.

In 1967, I found out I was losing my hearing. I went 10 years without any help. I had otosclerosis – hardening of the bone in the middle of the ear.

I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery.

I don’t write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

I’ve always been someone who’s believed in truth. I believe truth exists. I don’t believe in relativism, a ‘your truth, my truth’ kind of a thing. However, I also believe that the truth must always...

I have a gorgeous coat that I found at a vintage fair – it’s just so elegant. Unfortunately, it has a massive hole underneath the arm, as I think I may have worn it to...

Being behind the camera is where I feel comfortable. I’ve found something that I feel I, as ‘Michael,’ can be as confident in as ‘Johnny’ was on the stage. It’s great being part of the...

My movies continue to be found and be sold because there’s something going on in them.

everything that is scatteredcomes together in wordseverything that is lostcomes back in poetry.

We studied the light source in the direction of the magnetic force, we perforated the poles of the magnet; but even in the direction of the magnetic lines of force we found that our result...

Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges – challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for...

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found....

At the school I attended, the clergyman who ran the cathedral school in Shanghai would give lines to the boys as a punishment. They expected you to copy out, say, 20 or 30 pages from...

I found a correlation between the spreading of democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise in slavery. Now, as countries, former Communist countries, became so-called democratic, people started to be enslaved...

I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington.

An idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I’ve found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your bones.

Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device.

After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and liked them very much. I also found a wonderful editor there,...

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be...

Heaven is under the women feet,” I doubt that; I found it between them.

I wasn’t really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

If ever you feel lost, terrified, alone, emotionally and physically drained…when you feel like depression has overpowered you, and that the world itself, has devoured you…just remember that you are not alone, you are loved,...

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors. I’m a member of the Stage Golfing Society, and I play golf with...

I am a lover and have not found my thing to love.

I found that when it hurt, sometimes the most effective response was to feel the pain rather than wish it away or pretend it was not there.

In my office in Jerusalem, there’s an ancient seal. It’s a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it...

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.

Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It’s been a shock.

In politics, they found there were not enough females in the House of Commons, so they came up with the idea of shortlists having to have women on them.

Yesterday, I got lost.You did too.So what?People get lost all the time.It’s just a matter of finding yourself, and treasuring that.

A lot of people say that comedy doesn’t travel well. I found it very accessible.

Self-discovery is so important in identity processing: who you hang out with, what clothes you wear, what shows you see. As a kid, I found out about things through friends. I would go to hardcore...

discovery” of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up.