There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.

Antonin Artaud

Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time.

Sean Penn

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers.

Haruki Murakami

The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to do what it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

William T. Walsh

The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.

B. B. King

However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson nothing is impossible.

Lewis Mumford

The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.

Eric Hoffer

All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.

William Butler Yeats

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Charlie Chaplin

If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

C.S. Lewis

To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.

Dennis Weaver

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.

Rita Rudner