Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.

Mos Def

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Thomas Aquinas

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

Clarence Darrow

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Thornton Wilder

I'm having the time of my life. I've never looked forward to going to work so much every day. I'm loving it; it's great. It's what I love to do and I wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

Sarah Chalke

Children are the closest we have to wisdom, and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them.

Simon Van Booy

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Antoine De SaintExupery

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

Hans Selye

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

John Barrymore

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.

Ellen DeGeneres

The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.

Ken Robinson

She had faith in words, believing in their ability to carry inexpressible messages, trusting that what cannot be said can somehow be borne aloft by what can be said. She was right.

Frank Conroy, foreword to Autobi