The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's everywhere. And this nation, I don't know why it's not showing the leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.

Vicente Fox

Failure is not fatal victory is not success.

Tony Richardson

But I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you are asleep, can create a world in a dream and you are perceiving it as though it really existed.

Christopher Nolan

Imagination creates some big monsters.

Olivier Martinez

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Albert Schweitzer

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Publilius Syrus

Contrary to popular belief and hope, people don't usually come running when they hear a scream. That's not how humans work. Humans look at other humans and say, 'Did you hear a scream?' because the first scream might have been you screaming inside your head, or a horse backfiring.

Terry Pratchett

Never underestimate the importance of fast.

Eric Schmidt

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Pierre Corneille

Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.

John Cusack

The best angle from which to approach a problem is the Try-angle.

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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Samuel Johnson