Beauty? What's that?

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

James Joyce

The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.

Hilton Kramer

What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.

Jeff Garcia

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

Bill Blass

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.

Laura Miller

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

Calvin Coolidge

Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or highroad to the soul's destination.

Joseph Campbell

I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.

Chuck Palahniuk

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Edwin Markham

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

Billy Wilder

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

Franklin P. Jones