I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.

I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.

Nicole Kidman

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

Pierre Corneille

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

Karl Kraus

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

Justin Hayward

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Donald Laird

A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.

Daisaku Ikeda

I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and the taste and inclination toward the fine arts and other spiritual values.

Luis Barragan

That's why when major badasses greet each other in movies, they don't say anything, they just nod. The nod means, 'I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass, ' but they don't say anything because they're Wolverine and Magneto and it would mess up their vibe to explain.

Cassandra Clare

A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it.

Stephen Richards

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

Philip Wylie

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

Michael Phelps

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

Chinese Proverb