Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

He that takes a wife, takes care

Benjamin Franklin

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.

Agatha Christie, An Autobiograph

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

Jonathan Edwards

The double hundred Fowler hit in the Madras Test was an absolute beauty.

David Gower

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.

Stanislav Grof

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

Mark Twain

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss.

Sir Roger L'Estrange

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Wayne Dyer

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

Ken Calvert

Love and romance are things worth waiting for.

Cath Crowley

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Marilyn Monroe