He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly

Men always believe they are in control of everything around them. When they find out they are not, they think they have failed, instead of learning a simple truth women already know.

Robert Jordan

...perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

J.K. Rowling

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Bob Woodward

The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

James Van Der Beek

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

Henry David Thoreau

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

Sandra Bullock

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

Noam Chomsky

My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.

Shia LaBeouf

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.

William Shakespeare

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

Tom Perrotta

Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

Anacharsis