My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Mother Teresa

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies

Lord Byron

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.

Michael Morpurgo

It was Jung who first said to explain the symbol as if talking to a man from mars who knew nothing about our life on earth.

Henry Reed

No one is going to turn down a good meal because he does not understand the digestive mechanism.

V. I. Klassen

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Sam Abell

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art, if it be art, will tell you the truth of his day. And that is all that matters. Away with eternal truth.

D.H. Lawrence

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Honore de Balzac

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.

Harold Ruopp

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Joseph Conrad

Habit with him was all the test of truth, it must be right: I've done it from my youth.

George Crabbe