Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.

Louisa May Alcott

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Pat Riley

And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

Joan Jett

Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

Pindar

What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

Julie Burchill

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Samuel Johnson

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

Frank Ocean

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers

Stephen Bayley

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.

David Lloyd

As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them.

Hugh Jackman

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

Richard Armour

There is no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket.

Moli