Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Keep cool my babies.

Conan O'Brien

Many people think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. if money is your ONLY hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a person can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Without these qualities, money is practically useless.

Henry Ford

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Thomas Jefferson

We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes place in silence, because the heart has its own language. I will remember what Eric says even though he doesn't say a word. I will tell it to her.

Jodi Picoult

It felt as if things were literally slipping through my fingers. Things were just streaming away from me. I lost my sense of humor. I'm still looking for that.

Michelle Williams

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Michael Flatley

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

Marshall McLuhan

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

Hazel Rochman

O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in me and the constant Eat the bread or drink the wine That tempt my weaker self. Let me rather starve, And let my heart parch with thirst, And let me die and perish, Ere I stretch my hand To a cup you did not fill, Or a bowl you did not bless.

Kahlil Gibran

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

William Cowper

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.

David Walliams

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

Casey (Charles Dillon) Stengel