Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

George Santayana

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Tom Schulman, Professor Keating

The torch of doubt and chaos is what the sage steers by.

Chuang Tzu

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

Laura Linney

A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

Hans Rosling

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Thornton Wilder

I'm not a bad driver. And I never will be because I took lessons when I was quite a boy. I never had to pass a test because there wasn't such a thing when I first started driving a motor car. So I didn't have to pass one.

Richard Murdoch

I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.

Oliver Cromwell

Time is a great teacher, but Cosmic Ordering is a great provider.

Stephen Richards

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.

Willie Mays

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.

Jane Austen