Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be the person that's like, 'I messed up,' than, 'I wish I did that.'

It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.

Dolley Madison

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you.

Jodi Picoult

I used to say: there is a God-shaped hole in me. For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is the shape which has become more important.

Salman Rushdie

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Jose Marti

You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me.

Glenn Beck

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.

Jack Brickhouse

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

Ethel Merman

Denn ich ohne Bücher bin nicht ich.

Christa Wolf

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Tilden

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

William Shakespeare

Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.

Herb Kelleher

She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still leave you feeling utterly alone.

Jodi Picoult