The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.

David Gemmell

One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.

Hugh Jackman

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.

Jim Henson

The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.

James Truslow Adams

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

Chuck Close

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Jimmy Carter

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

Honore de Balzac

I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.

Heidi Klum

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Baruch Spinoza

Sustenance! Your health is always the best prescription.

Lorii Myers