Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.

She had faith in words, believing in their ability to carry inexpressible messages, trusting that what cannot be said can somehow be borne aloft by what can be said. She was right.

Frank Conroy, foreword to Autobi

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

Bertrand Russell

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

Deng MingDao

The beauty of melancholy cannot be attained by looking. You must embrace the terror it breeds. Then you will be pleased.

S.E. Lindberg

I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

Chris O'Donnell

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

Jim Morrison

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Mahatma Gandhi

Continuous excellent effort, not maximum strength or superior IQ, is thekey to unlocking your potential as an achiever.

Greg Werner

By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

John Tenniel

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

Marilyn vos Savant

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

Dave Barry

The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular.

Jay Leno