Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.

Maurice Strong

To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.

Bhagavad Gita

Every known thief pretends to be a gentleman at first!

Dhruv Gandhi

Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

Marilyn Monroe

I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.

Teddy Thompson

Sleeping in a bed -- it is, apparently, of immense importance. Against those who sleep, from choice or necessity, elsewhere society feels righteously hostile. It is not done. It is disorderly, anarchical.

Rose Macaulay

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Arthur Helps

The truth is more important than the facts.

Frank Lloyd Wright

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

Truman Capote

We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker.

Jeff Davidson

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Oliver Goldsmith

To do a great right do a little wrong.

William Shakespeare