The great classic writers, it will be said, sought rather to proclaim universal truths than to leave their imprint on them.

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

Alexander Woollcott

Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he spends. This may be a the age of eighteen, twenty-five, or thirty-five. Some people remain unproductive and dependent children forever and therefore intellectually and emotionally immature.

Henry C. Link

I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.

Justin Townes Earle

I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano.

Tobe Hooper

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.

Ellen Ochoa

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

Andrew Bird

Don't play for safety -- it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

Sir Hugh Walpole

Learn to recognize omens, and follow them

Paulo Coelho

I'm an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and one of the children, his wish was to go to the Emmys, so he's going to be my date, along with my husband, and my dad and his girlfriend. So we're going to have a really fun night and it's going to be really exciting. I'm really excited for him to experience that.

Christina Hendricks

Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call reality? -- not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier? Fair as is the gliding sloop on the shining sea, the wavering, trembling, unresting sail below is fairer still...All mirrors are magic mirrors. The commonest room is a room in a poem when I turn to the glass...There must be a truth involved in it, though we may but in part lay hold of the meaning.

George MacDonald

The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other things. It must lose itself in love. By its very nature it must seek God, who is love.

Mechthild of Magdenburg