Die Männer heiraten, weil sie müde sind, die Frauen, weil sie neugierig sind. Beide werden enttäuscht.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Thomas Carlyle

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.

Jonathan Sacks

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

Elia Kazan

You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.

Lee Iacocca

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

Ice Cube

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

Napoleon Bonaparte

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format.

Donald Norman

The meaning of life for human beings is to serve one another for the survival of humanity and the advancement of civilization.

Newton Lee

Openness, respect, integrity - these are principles that need to underpin pretty much every other decision that you make.

Justin Trudeau

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

Mark Zuckerberg

Whoever is open, loyal, true of humane and affable demeanour honourable himself, and in his judgement of others faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga -- stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

Edward Hoagland