Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Death cancels everything but truth

Proverb

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Annie Leibovitz

The watchful mother tarries nigh, though sleep has closed her infants eyes.

John Keble

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

Toby Young

It's easy to see, hard to foresee.

Benjamin Franklin

I'm a better coach now than when I joined Celtic. The longer you stay in any job, the better you become. If you lose your drive, your enthusiasm, your imagination, that experience is no good.

Gordon Strachan

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

Reba McEntire

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Barbra Streisand

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy.

Thomas Carlyle

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

Josh McDowell

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

John Paul Jones