A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

George Herbert

Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.

Dr. Robert Anthony

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

Kofi Annan

Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.

Walter Salles

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before

Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.

Chriscinthia Blount

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.

George Bernard Shaw

It seems to me that all of the evil in life comes from idleness, boredom, and psychic emptiness, but all of that is inevitable when you become accustomed to living at others' expense.

Anton Chekhov

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

James Bryce

I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.

Meg White

We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.

William Shakespeare

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared never give up and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!

Jimmy Smits