I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

Italo Calvino

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

Saint Ambrose

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

Bryant H. McGill

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

Cassandra Clare

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

Ambrose Bierce

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

Michael Landon

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

Julius Caesar

I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself.

Lenny Kravitz

I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.

Rod Taylor

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

Warren Beatty

I was excellent. Everybody loved me. I love myself, and i like bums.

Cardinal Richelieu

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

Robert Frost