I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Martin Luther King Jr.

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

Arne Jacobsen

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

David Rudisha

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

Alfred Austin

I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.

Lance Bass

Truth is contained in the preconceptions of him who seeks to define it. Any organization of ideas whatever presupposes a judgment on the world.

Jack Vance

One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing about it. Because by forcing yourself to write about it and putting it down in words, you can't avoid having to come to grips with it. You might be wrong, but you have to think about it very intensely to write about it. So I use writing as a learning tool.

Hunter S. Thompson, Songs Of The

My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him.

Andrei Tarkovsky

It is important not to trust people too much.

V. S. Naipaul

The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share.

Roy L. Smith

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Arianna Huffington

I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.

Madonna