If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself

Friedrich Nietzsche

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Nellie Mcclung

Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many things are like that. Everyone just assumes they're true, because people are basically lazy and incurious, which incidentally is one of those words that sounds like it wouldn't be a word but is.

John Green

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

Lascelles Abercrombie

I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life.

Raoul Vaneigem

Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

Source Unknown

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.

Camille Paglia

Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

Victor Hugo

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

Chinese Proverb

I will say, I think it odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.

Ser Jaime Lannister, the Kingsla

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet.

J. Robert Oppenheimer