When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others have said it before us. Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

Ellen Goodman

A precedent embalms a principle.

Benjamin Disraeli

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

Robert South

Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.

Howard Thurman

I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with.

Ang Lee

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

Diablo Cody

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

James A. Baldwin

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

Mark Twain

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment.

David Levithan

Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.

Eva Green

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world

Martin Luther King Jr.

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.

Francis W. Newman