I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities.

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.

Thomas Huxley

Mercy is stronger than your sword.

P.C. Cast

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

Caroline Kennedy

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion.

Samuel Johnson, Rambler (London)

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

Rodney Dangerfield

Disappointment came to me,and booted me,and bruised and hurt me,but that's how people grow up.

Morrissey

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Ansel Adams

I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason -- as the mad animal, as the laughing animal, as the weeping animal, as the unhappy animal.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

Tim Allen

Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it.

Steve Maraboli

The world is new to us every morning - this is God's gift and every man should believe he is reborn each day.

Baal Shem Tov

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.

Gwen Stefani