From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Harry Mathews

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

Lionel Messi

On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

Michael Tolkin

When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.

Huang Po

Money often costs too much.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

Leonardo da Vinci

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

Thomas Browne

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

Bill Frist

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.

David Mamet

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

Gao Xingjian

The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

Alfred A. Montapert