For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this new corn fro yeer to yere; And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

Thomas Carlyle

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in.

Sharon Olds

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

Michael Caine

I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.

Mae West

Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?

John Mayer

No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clich?s that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters, the well-worn situations, the commonplace story that excites your derision, seem neither hackneyed, well worn nor commonplace to him. The conclusion is obvious: you cannot write anything that will convince unless you are yourself convinced. The best seller sells because he writes with his heart's blood.

W. Somerset Maugham

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's the things you do that you don't have to do that always determine the difference when it is too late to do anything about it.

Timothy Michael McDougall

For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.

Benoit Mandelbrot

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

Henry Ward Beecher

Artinya, kita harus merayakan kegagalan kita hari ini, karena ini adalah pertanda nyata bahwa petualangan kita di dunia penemuan belum berakhir. Dan, mau tidak mau, aku harus mengakui bahwa kesedihan dalam mengakhiri sebuah eksperimen lebih besar daripada perayaan keberhasilannya.

Jacqueline Kelly

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Albert Camus