History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

John Tillotson

But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

Scarlett Thomas

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

Maya Angelou

I guess these days this is a politically charged statement, but it seems to me manifestly true: You make nothing alone. Human beings are not mere competitors, and human life is not merely competition. We are collaborators. To be human is to catch the falling person.

John Green

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.

Casey Stengel

It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie.

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I just bought a microwave fireplace... You can spend an evening in front of it in only eight minutes...

Steven Wright

I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.

Patty Hearst

An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Ida P. Rolf

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,

Sy Leon

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Jim Henson

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Michael Graves