Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

No battle is worth fighting except the last one.

John Enoch Powell

I've never met or spoken to David Lee Roth, yet it's rather ironic that even he's saying Eddie's lying about things. I'm saying he's not telling the truth, yet Eddie insists that the two of us are lying! You be the judge.

Sammy Hagar

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.

Thomas Nagel

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Louisa May Alcott

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Pauline Kael

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Bette Midler

As long as my heart's still in it, I'll keep going. If the passion's there, why stop?...There'll likely be a point of diminishing returns, a point where my strength will begin to wane. Until then, I'll just keep plodding onward, putting one foot in front of the other to the best of my ability. Smiling the entire time.

Dean Karnazes

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Henry Ward Beecher

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.

David Carradine

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

John Ruskin