Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Mark Twain

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and so anything can be said to them.

Stephen Vizinczey

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

James A. Garfield

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Bertrand Russell

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius

Dear Alec and Magnus,I known we're not really close, but Isabelle just came by to drop off a pleated orange velvet tux that she claims I will be wearing to your wedding. Is this true, and if so, why orange? -Simon

Cassandra Clare

Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Robert J. Mckain

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde

The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation.

Tom Naylor

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein