Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clich?s that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters, the well-worn situations, the commonplace story that excites your derision, seem neither hackneyed, well worn nor commonplace to him. The conclusion is obvious: you cannot write anything that will convince unless you are yourself convinced. The best seller sells because he writes with his heart's blood.

W. Somerset Maugham

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Ambrose Bierce

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

Madeleine Albright

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion -- it exists to be destroyed. If everybody did everything with respect, you'd go nowhere.

Karl Lagerfeld

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

Ruby Dee

I always find beauty in things that are odd

Marc Jacobs

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Don't place too much confidence in the man who boasts of being as honest as the day is long. Wait until you meet him at night.

Robert C. Edwards

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Johann von Goethe

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

Benjamin Franklin

Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.

Peter Agre

I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success -- the earliest spark in the dreaming youth -- if this; dream a great dream.

John A. Appleman