I didn't go into journalism thinking it would solidify my identity. I did it because I needed to make a living, and I was proficient in writing. But in becoming a journalist, I learned about other people who felt like they were on the edges of American mainstream life.

Alex Tizon

It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language.

A. E. van Vogt

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate on your credit cards, when should you consolidate your student loans, when does it mathematically make sense to refinance your mortgage, and Mint figures all that stuff out for you.

Aaron Patzer

Maybe I didn't take the advantage and become a star and get all the brands so that I could solidify my space in the world.

Abhay Deol

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

Abu Bakr

I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.

Adam Carolla

The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.

Adam Derek Scott

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

Adam Jones

How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?

Adam Mansbach

Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise - that there are causes worth suffering and dying for.

Adam Michnik

I have to make sure I get eight hours of solid sleep a night.

Adam Vinatieri

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

Adam Yauch

My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.' So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn't take up law because my music was my area of interest.

Adnan Sami

Part of the reason a hit show is a hit show is because of the people - good, solid, decent people.

Adrian Pasdar

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

Aimee Bender

I feel bonded to 'Take Me.' I'm proud of it. It's empowering, and at the end of the day, it's a pretty solid pop hit.

AJ Michalka

Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by.

Alan Coren

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

Alan Greenspan

We don't have a solid theory of how the universe originated, but that doesn't mean we have to invoke a deity.

Alan Guth