If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same as they've always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you're a leader, you can't let your people hang on to the past.

Richard Marcinko

I am not a member of any organized partyI am a Democrat.

Will Rogers

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Ang Lee

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.

Chinese Proverb

We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.

Rick Santelli

The first few weeks of being a mom were profound, not just emotionally but also, physically. All the changes you instinctually go through are miraculous.

Alyssa Milano

Start before you're ready.

Steven Pressfield

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.

Kristen Bell

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.

Guy Laliberte

Let those who would write heroic poems make their life an heroic poem.

John Milton

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson