We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.

People stress the violence. That's the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there's a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There's a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies strewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there's a satisfaction to the game that can't be duplicated. There's a harmony.

Don DeLillo

Change is the end result of all true learning. Change involves three things: First, a dissatisfaction with self -- a felt void or need; second, a decision to change to fill the void or need; and third, a conscious dedication to the process of growth and change -- the willful act of making the change, doing something.

Leo Buscaglia

Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money.

Gary Larson

If the Frieze Art Fair catches on, I imagine at least two great things happening. First, we will once again have a huge art fair in town that isn't too annoying to go to. More importantly, Frieze may finally show New Yorkers that we can cross our own waters for visual culture. That would change everything.

Jerry Saltz

Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are?

John Green

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Pat Riley

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

W. Clement Stone

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

Karl Marx

Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.

Zhang Ziyi

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

John Milius

One man's folly is often another man's wife.

Helen Rowland

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

John Burroughs