Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.

English Proverb

It's wonderful that so many people want to contribute to fighting aids or malaria. But, if somebody isn't paying attention to the overall health system in the country, a whole lot of money can be wasted.

Paul Wolfowitz

I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .

Emily Dickinson

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

Kristen Stewart

The beauty of this day doesn't depend on its lasting forever.

Marty Rubin

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Edward Eggleston

...there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes you.

Jeanette Winterson

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

Jerzy Kosinski

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

Ernest Gaines

I believe a man is born first unto himself --for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted; some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence