A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags.

Gina Gershon

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

Steve Brown

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

Anais Nin

My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.

Kathryn Bigelow

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

Emmet Fox

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

Helen Gurley Brown

We are mortals all, human and nonhuman, bound in one fellowship of love and travail. No one escapes the fate of death. But we can, with caring, make our good-byes less tormented. If we broaden the circle of our compassion, life can be less cruel.

Gary Kowalski

Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipice below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

Blaise Pascal

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.

Haywood Nelson

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

Julia Morgan

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

Tori Amos

I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.

Katy Perry