Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.

Walter Isaacson

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.

Oliver Stone

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

Taylor Swift

You can always improve on something, the technology is different today, but I would leave it well alone. If there was something that was incomplete, that might be interesting... because I do that on my website.

Dave Davies

I wish I was dating one of the ladies in 'Bollywood Hero.' They're gorgeous. Any of them.

Chris Kattan

I've never quite understood why people marry marriage is just an invented structure.

Julie Christie

I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.

Elton John

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

Will Rogers

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation.

Wislawa Szymborska

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

George Harrison

We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.

Arnold J. Toynbee