Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

Paulo Coelho

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

John Wooden

I've had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I've been very lucky with Hollywood, and look forward to more movies being adapted. But I don't get involved in that process. I know nothing about making movies and I stay away from it and hope for the best.

John Grisham

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Martin Van Buren

If my Dad doesn't like you, you will know. My Mom is just too innocent to ever lie. She doesn't even cuss.

Channing Tatum

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

James D. Watson

There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world.

Lionel Messi

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

Henry David Thoreau

Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say 'what kind of tea?

Neil Gaiman

Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.

Ally Carter

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.

John Keegan

A father is a banker provided by nature.

Proverb