The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

Albrecht Durer

I'll be inside the one who holds you. And then I won't be.

Francesca Lia Block

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

Andrew Weil

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Don Shula

When you go visiting countries, you start reading the history of the place and you start getting into the culture, and then you have to leave. In my experience, all countries have hidden treasures.

Jo Nesbo

I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure.

Wallace Stevens

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

Nancy Kerrigan

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

Gene Fowler

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Voltaire

Road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.

Ernest Hemingway

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

Jean Rostand

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Benjamin Carson