What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.

Literature is the Thought of thinking Souls.

Thomas Carlyle

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Emma Thompson

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

David O. Selznick

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self inflicted fate.

Albert Einstein

I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out.

Wayne Birmingham

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.

James Allen

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

Cameron Diaz

The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.

Andy Stern

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.

Richard Dawkins

People will promise you the moon, offer you the stars, but in the end, the only heavenly body you can truly count on is your on!

Linda Masemore Pirrung

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Douglas Adams

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Laurence Sterne