He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Exodus 21:17

Let me give you one definition of ethics: It is good to maintain life and to further life; it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound, universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.

Albert Schweitzer

If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.

Ernest Hemingway

I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.

Andrea Riseborough

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.

Nora Ephron

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

Wilma Rudolph

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

Bobby Flay

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Stan Smith

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

Johann von Goethe

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

Charles M. Schwab

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts, they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.

Gary Neville

I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.note from Answers.com: used as a military slogan during the early 20th century to encourage soldiers to throw themselves into battle

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

The color and shape of flowers are a precise record of what bees find attractive

Frederick Turner