One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.

J.K. Rowling

Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Ambrose Bierce

Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.

Arnold Edinborough

As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness.

Dan Stevens

Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.

Lew Wallace

And suddenly, like light in darkness, the real truth broke in upon me; the simple fact of Man, which I had forgotten, which had lain deep buried and out of sight; the idea of community, of unity.

Ernst Toller

That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings it ultimately led to a friendship with Johnny O, and an increasing fascination and respect for what he did.

Randy West

I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one.

Princess of Wales Diana

What's in a name?

William Shakespeare

Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.

Judi Dench

The pessimist complains about the wind;The optimist expects it to change;And the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

Bret Harte