The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.

Christopher Walken

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

John Updike, Quoted in Writers a

What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Randolph Silliman Bourne, Youth

The Truth is different than human truths; they are like LIGHT.Truths are like a color, absolute and true, while THE TRUTH is all colors and still colorless; the duality of Truth.

Caesar J. B. Squitti

Wars are carried out by large organizations; Peace is brought one by one.

Rachel Manor

I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the drive or, I don't know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose.

David Hockney

Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.

David D. Burns

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

Jennifer Lopez

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.

Ann Rule

The cross is the invincible sanctuary of the humble.

Eli Cass