No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.

She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each other with the confusion and sadness of two puppies who have just stumbled into their first puddle and not yet come to understand what has happened to them and found that she wanted to lie extravagantly.

Anna Godbersen

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

Marc Newson

I loved the flowers that die, I loved the charm of the sky.

Santosh Kalwar

Energy and persistence conquer all thing.

Benjamin Franklin

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Johann von Goethe

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Albert Einstein

When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.

Larry David

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Timothy West

I hope I have convinced you -- the only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Helen Gurley Brown

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution.

Peter Camejo

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency

Aldous Huxley