Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

With stillness comes the benediction of Peace.

Eckhart Tolle

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.

Harlan Miller

To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential.

John Drinkwater

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

Donald Rumsfeld

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

Michel de Montaigne

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

Christian Lacroix

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

Whoopi Goldberg

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.

Louis Freeh

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Samuel Butler

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle

Søren Kierkegaard

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

David Miliband