Having acknowledged the measure of the good to be pleasure, i.e., beauty, the European upper classes went back in their comprehension of art to the gross conception of the primitive Greeks which Plato had already condemned. And with this understanding of life, a theory of art was formulated.

Seek the friend who's hand helped you and tell them what they mean to you.

Source Unknown

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

Leigh Steinberg

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be blackmailed. I think certain government officials, industrialists and celebrated persons should make it clear they are prepared to be sacrificed if taken hostage. If that were done, what gain would there be for terrorists in taking hostages?

Margaret Mead

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

John Updike

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

Reese Witherspoon

My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.

Alison Lohman

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

George Bernard Shaw

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Ludwig van Beethoven

See the ball; hit the ball.

Pete Rose

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

Francois Rabelais

Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.

Robert Rodriguez

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

James Russell Lowell