But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

Epictetus

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

Frederick Douglass

Life is just a bowl of pits.

Rodney Dangerfield

I hope that I'm sexy in a different kind of way than I think that a lot of girls are right now. I think a lot of girls in the public eye, especially musical artists, are just kind of objectified a little bit and wearing super-skimpy outfits and leaving nothing to the imagination.

Emmy Rossum

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.

Jerome K. Jerome

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

Bertolt Brecht

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Blaine Lee, The Power Principle

When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green.

Roald Dahl

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

Thomas Bulfinch

My mom was tough.

Tiger Woods

Life is nothing without friendship.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

Bob Riley