The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Friedrich Nietzsche

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

Isaac Asimov

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.

Jimi Hendrix

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Immanuel Kant

We don't admit it to ourselves, not until the very moment of death, but in that moment, we see all life before us and we understand how we chose, every day of our lives, the manner of our death.

Orson Scott Card

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

P. J. O'Rourke

I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.

Tadao Ando

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

William Rose Benet

Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.

Steve Maraboli

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

Jimmy Choo

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

Mary Ellen Mark