Desire is what lends power to thought, it is that element that separates a wish or a day dream into reality, if properly directed.

Under exciting circumstances, wealth cannot be enjoyed without dishonor, or foregone without misery.

George Bernard Shaw

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

John Paul Jones

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement the greatest source of visual beauty the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

David Attenborough

I'm hopeless with money I simply spend what I've got.

Freddie Mercury

Last, I would like to thank the dogs, not just the Vick pack, but all of them, simply for being dogs, which is to say, tolerant and perseverant; willing to connect with a world that does not always return their affection; and for proving, time and again, that life, while messy, difficult, and imperfect, has the capacity to exceed our expectations and feed our undying hope.

Jim Gorant

Pornography tells lies about women. But pornography tells the truth about men.

John Stoltenberg

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

Esai Morales

When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.

James Franco

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

Stendhal

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

Mark Twain

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

Friedrich von Schiller

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled professional readers and story-tellers could interpret. Then people like you would have to go to public halls and pay good prices to hear the professionals decode and read the books aloud for you. This plan would have the advantage of scaring off all amateur authors, retired politicians, country doctors and I-Married-a-Midget writers who would not have the patience to learn the secret language.

Robertson Davies