No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

Tacitus

It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

Aaliyah

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

Sir Winston Churchill

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

Paulo Coelho

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.

Chuck Yeager

Nobody roots for Goliath.

Wilt Chamberlain

Either sex alone is half itself.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Do not shed tears when I have gone but smile instead because I have lived.

David Harkins, Remember Me, 1982

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.

Frank Zappa

Nerd love. It's a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.

Cassandra Clare