My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired.

Happy families are all alike every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Mark Twain

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.

Drew Carey

My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years.

Paul Merton

As we all know, blinking lights means science.

Joss Whedon

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

James Ellroy

I wouldn't do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance. To act with my clothes off is a documentary.

Julia Roberts

Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.

James Fenimore Cooper

Her face may have been the most beautiful female face I have ever seen. Yet, it was a beauty that was intimidating and overwhelming. It was an exquisiteness that made you want to turn and run, instead of approach.

Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Steve Jobs

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Milton Friedman