Books tap the wisdom of our species -- the greatest minds, the best teachers -- from all over the world and from all our history. And they're patient.

I'll have no husband, if you be not he.

William Shakespeare

Her children arise up, and call her blessed.

Bible, Proverbs 31: 28

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

Emily Blunt

In the first Spider-Man, at the end of the movie, Peter Parker had to deny himself a relationship with a girl that he's in love with. The very next thing that happens is that he's swinging through the city.

John Dykstra

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.

Dejan Stojanovic

It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.

Frank Shorter

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

Daniel Webster

I would love to be in Kansas.

Paul Reubens

... nothing in Nature is black or white, few solutions are clean and clear; rather, reality, and especially our models of it, possess shades of gray throughout.

Eric Chaisson

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Ted Turner

Call a thing immoral or ugly, soul-destroying or a degradation of man, a peril to the peace of the world or to the well-being of future generations; as long as you have not shown it to be uneconomic you have not really questioned its right to exist, grow, and prosper.

E. F. [Ernst Friedrich] Schumach

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.

Dave Grohl