The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine for himself in what manner his labour shall be employed, and how he will dispose of its products.

Utu--Maori revenge. 'Do everything well, boy. Do it better than them. Be a better rugby player, better at your job. Outshine them everywhere. Tramp on their pride. Go far, and leave them sniveling in your dust.

Kris Pearson

When I was 12 I cried to my mom, because I never got my letter to Hogwarts.

Sara Paxton

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

Mark Twain

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

Rene Descartes

Une femme repousse parfois ce qui la charme le plus.»

William Shakespeare

I don't need time, I need a deadline.

Duke Ellington

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Samuel Beckett

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

James A. Baldwin

Rather than denying problems, focus inventively, intentionally on what solutions might look or feel like...Our mind is meant to generate ideas that help us escape circumstantial traps -- if we trust it to do so. Naturally, not all hunches are useful. But then you only need a single good idea to solve a problem.

Marsha Sinetar

The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others.

Jon Meacham

Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.

Steve Maraboli

Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good.

Howard Stern