Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American.

We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.

Judith Wright

Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.

Camille Paglia

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Edsger Dijkstra

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

Jet Li

If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material.

Colin Quinn

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Helen Keller

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Arthur Conan Doyle

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

John F. Kennedy

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

Nicolas Chamfort

I'm their leader, I've got to follow them.

Alexandre LedruRollin

America is like an unfaithful love who promises us more than we got.

Charlotte Bunch

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

Karl Lagerfeld