She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir.

The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties.

H. L. Mencken

I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.

Nancy Grace

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark...

Orison Swett Marden

Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?''No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.

J.K. Rowling

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.

Helen Keller

'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'twas Christmas told the merriest tale; a Christmas gambol oft could cheer the poor man's heart through half the year.

Sir Walter Scott

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

Patricia Clarkson

Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

Arabic Proverb

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Sivananda

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

George Washington

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.

Gena Lee Nolin

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Blaise Pascal