A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff around all day.

A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson

On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes.

Aaron Dessner
Aaron Dessner

There are people who want to hear what they consider your hits. There are people who want you to experiment and explore random, rare things. And it's kind of a different; they're two different beasts.

Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi

I rarely went to the mosque, I never fasted, and I only prayed namaaz on the holy nights because my mom bugged me about it.

Abbey Lee Kershaw
Abbey Lee Kershaw

It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.

Adam Conover
Adam Conover

I eat about two meals a day vegan, is my rule of thumb. When I'm traveling, all bets are off, but I don't cook meat in the house. I rarely cook eggs. I never use milk. But when I go out to eat for a special treat, I'll have some meat. But I know, personally, that's the best I'm ever going to do in my life.

Adam F. Goldberg
Adam F. Goldberg

Prior to 'The Goldbergs,' I rarely got good reviews on anything I've done.

Adam F. Goldberg
Adam F. Goldberg

I grew up obsessively collecting Queen T-shirts and concert posters and rare U.K. imports of their CDs.

Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik

Protein was the most valued ingredient 250 years ago: It was the rarest thing. Now the rarest thing we have is time: time to cook and time to eat.

Adam Grant
Adam Grant

Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.