Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.

Wilfrid Laurier

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

Hope Solo

Love is based on imagination.

Olivier Martinez

I'm social and I meet people and talk to people but I'm not looking for the ideal person to fit my mold and to raise my family with yet. I'm just kind of doing my thing and learning from the people I'm around and who I cross paths with.

Picabo Street

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.

Scott Weiland

People have called me Superman my whole life. In various sports, that seems to be the common theme. My favorite superhero is actually the Incredible Hulk. He's the only superhero that can't die.

Robert Griffin III

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Clint Eastwood

I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.

Sid Vicious

Think with your whole body.

Taisen Deshimaru

The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to prime the pump and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

Robert J. Mckain

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose

Plato

What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.

Alexander Pope