Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Henri Bergson

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

E. O. Wilson

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Phaedrus

Socialism is Bolshevism with a shave.

'Detroit Journal'

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Frank Moore Colby, The Colby Ess

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.

Nina Simone

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

Lillian Hellman

Since you may never discover the truth, invent it.

Nicholas Lore

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction!

Philip Pullman

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

Junius

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

S. I. Hayakawa

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.

Owen Hart