To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Thomas Fuller

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

Mitch Hedberg

They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Andy Warhol

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Gordon Parks

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

Jerry Brown

I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.

R. Kelly

O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption

Bible

You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat!

Jack LaLanne

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create to create life in that isolation from life.

Eleanora Duse

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.

Jon Krakauer

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

Kamisese Mara

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

E. M. Cioran