Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.

A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, A woman's function plainly is... to talk. Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed!

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.

R. D. Laing

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

John Updike

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.

Ezra Pound

I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

Robert Sheckley

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

Andrea Jung

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you - always.

Oprah Winfrey

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Joel A. Barker

I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.

Miranda Lambert

How soon not now, becomes never.

Martin Luther

If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.

Isaac Asimov

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

J. Martin Kohe