I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded.

Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites it is simply flowing between them.

June Singer

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

Ogden Nash

The superstition in which we grew up,Though we may recognize it, does not loseIts power over us--Not all are freeWho make mock of their chains.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

Julia Morgan

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Honore de Balzac

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

Lou Holtz

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.

Walter Hagen

Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent, inspiration.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I thought, well, you might see curves there, but that's just a bone - so even if I lose weight that's not going to change anything. That's how I look. That's my shape. Do the math.

Christina Hendricks

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books.

Paul Theroux

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Milton Friedman

Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Miguel Angel Ruiz