There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle.

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.

Robert Fripp

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

George Bernard Shaw

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

Yann Martel

Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth.

Stephen King

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

George Bernard Shaw

Remember that your failures are the seeds of your most glorious successes. Be sad if you must, but don't despair.

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I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

Lewis Thomas

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Len Wein

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

Wilfrid Sheed

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it except the power of another idea.

James R. Smith

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.

Gertrude Stein

Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.

Richard Howard