There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life.

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

Byron Dorgan

People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

Donald Sadoway

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

Russell Brand

The poet felt completely free now as he stood there on the deck in his collar and boots, sailing past new and ever newer districts; even if he did not own this land's resources, he owned its beauty.

Halldór Laxness

We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.

Chloe Sevigny

It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

Albert Camus

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

Judd Gregg

When He talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamor of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives them back all their personality, and boasts (I am afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves than ever.

C.S. Lewis

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Janis Joplin

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

He who is not busy being born is busy dying.

Bob Dylan