... this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate. So many people wanted to believe me! Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!

I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

Kevin Costner

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

Ari Graynor

What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!

J.K. Rowling

I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death?

Deepak Chopra

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Edward Eggleston

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

Abraham Lincoln

Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

Naomi Wolf

Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always come around to where you started again.

Stephen King

I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education.

Jodi Picoult

Wisdom never lies

Homer

Breed is stronger than pasture.

George Eliot