Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.

Lester B. Pearson

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.

Ralph Ransom

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Bruce Lee

Silence is one great art of conversation.

Anon.

Belief is the death of intelligence.

Robert Anton Wilson

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

Gary Oldman

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

Orson Scott Card

Poetry is the deification of reality.

Edith Sitwell

Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.

Lafcadio Hearn

You can will an act of service but you cannot will love.

Anthony de Mello

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.

Bill James

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world & I might be right.

Charles Barkley