His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

J. K. Rowling

A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.

American Indian Proverb, Navajo

I used to get out there and have a thousand swing thoughts. Now I try not to have any.

Davis Love, Jr.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Mignon McLaughlin

I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.

Harvey Penick

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.

James Baldwin

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions.

Lester B. Pearson

I think we're getting to the point where everyone's getting fat and everyone's getting allergic, or claims to be allergic to something and people can't walk from their front door to their car without a bottle of water in their hand because they have to hydrate every three and half steps.

Adam Carolla

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, --till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.

Thomas Carlyle

My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh it's what you look like.'

Gina Carano

I am not to blame for putting forward, in the course of my work on science, any general rule derived from a previous conclusion.

Leonardo da Vinci

Impian itu seperti sayap. Dia membawamu pergi ke berbagai tempat. Kurasa, mamamu sadar akan hal itu. Dia tahu, kalau dia mencegah mimpimu, itu sama aja dengan memotong sayap burung. Burung tersebut memang nggak akan lari, tapi burung tanpa sayap sudah bukan burung lagi. Dan manusia tanpa mimpi, sudah bukan manusia lagi.

Windhy Puspitadewi