It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

Paul Klee

All man must live in Machu Picchu for some time! Over there, you will be closer to the universe and you will realise how trivial you are in this chaotic cosmos. Science is the only power which will make you bigger and significant in this universe!

Mehmet Murat ildan

...once you've crawled into what's commonly thought of as the sordid underbelly of life, you realize it's all just different versions of normal.

Josh Kilmer-Purcell

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

Roger Moore

Your own brain ought to have the decency to be on your side!

Terry Pratchett

I hope I've been able to show other young girls that as long as you work hard and you're committed to fight for your education, that anything's possible.

Susana Martinez

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

Nick Hornby

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

Amber Tamblyn

When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place.

Helen Gahagan

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

Barack Obama

We're living in science fiction, but we don't realize it.

Terry Pratchett

More and more I come to value charity and love of one's fellow being above everything else... All our lauded technological progress our very civilization is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.

Albert Einstein