Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.(founder of IBM)

Thomas J. Watson

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

Mac Thornberry

It's essential that a part of you not grow up. Childhood wonder gives us our spark and beauty.

Robin Quivers

Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.

Neil Gaiman

To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intima

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand.

Mary Harris Jones

I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away.

Jared Leto

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

Maya Angelou

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

John Locke

Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the sould of the universe. It's your mission on earth.

Paulo Coelho

If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

John Updike

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Oscar Wilde