Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.

Eli Whitney

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

Edward Abbey

That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.

Joe Nichols

I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true.

Luise Rainer

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Josh Billings

The paradox of education is precisely this that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

James Baldwin

The perception of the comic is a tie of sympathy with other men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The truth is, the Devil's job is easy.

Tyler Edwards

Music causes us to think eloquently.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

Ambrose Bierce

If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important.

Linda Blair

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

Nina Bawden