The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.

Bram Cohen

I've always enjoyed poor health.

Taylor Caldwell

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

John Ruskin

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

Melissa Etheridge

One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money - putting a price on your childhood - is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them.

Tom Felton

When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit

Nicole Krauss

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.

Dawson Trotman

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

Sam Elliott

I know you love me. The question is, how much?

Jodi Picoult

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Vanessa Hudgens

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

F. J. Raymond

Tell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln