Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them.

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today but 15 to 20 years in the future.

Stephen Cambone

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

Paul Keating

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Ovid

In the words of the philosopher Scepturn, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?

Terry Pratchett

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

D. Elton Trueblood

Endless meetings, sloppy communications and red tape steal the entrepreneur's time.

James L. Hayes

All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead.

David Bailey

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

George Farquhar

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

John Cleese

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

Charles Dickens

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Novalis

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.

Les Brown