The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Epictetus

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

Christopher Nolan

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

Grace Slick

After about three lessons my voice teacher said, 'Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your way.'

Johnny Cash

The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.

Natalie Imbruglia

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.

Jamie Campbell Bower

It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do.

Charly Heavenrich

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.

William O. Douglas

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.

Walter Lippmann

I'm a gangster, and gangsters don't ask questions.

Lil Wayne