Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.

Alfred North Whitehead

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

K. D. Lang

You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder.

Carlos Ghosn

There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?

Andrea Jung

I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.

Gary Numan

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.

Joe Baca

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

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.

Paul Bloom

I miss those times when I hadn't a clue.

Marina Leigh Duff

The pioneer who fought for his liberties now has descendants who take them.

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Big girls need big diamonds.

Elizabeth Taylor

I don't feel famous.

Uma Thurman