The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.

Barbara Amiel

Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.

Ernest Hemingway

The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation with my daughter every day. It takes ten minutes. I think reducing stress plays a big part in anti-aging.

Carolyn Murphy

No person is either as happy or as unhappy as they imagine. Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.

Source Unknown

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval.

Marshall McLuhan

Better to see the face than to hear the name.

Source Unknown

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

Sonia Johnson

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live.

Jean de la Bruyere

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No social stability without individual stability.

Aldous Huxley

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

Eddie Cantor

My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.'

Hilary Duff