All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

At the door of life, by the gate of breath,There are worse things waiting for men than death.

A.C. Swinburne The Triumph Of Ti

Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.

Denis Diderot

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.

Colleen Atwood

In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates. You being there was certificate enough.

Will Rogers

It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere... Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Albert Einstein

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

Andrea Thompson

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.

Hugh Leonard

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

Jack Nicklaus

There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Since ever the world was spinningAnd till the world shall endYou've your man in the beginningOr you have him in the end,But to have him from start to finishAnd neither nor borrow nor lendIs what all of the girls are wantingAnd none of the gods can send

L.M. Montgomery

Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.

Bertrand Russell