It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Joseph Conrad

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

William Eardley IV

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

Paul Brown

Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.

Samuel Dash

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

Queen Latifah

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Never give anyone total access to your pockets, your pockets, your purse or your mind.

Source Unknown

And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.

Michael Bloomberg

I want to be in 'Funny Girl.' And I want Ryan Murphy to direct it.

Lea Michele

Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them behind you, never to return. But the place you have left forever is always there for you to see whenever you shut your eyes.

Jan Myrdal

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

Leo Tolstoy

In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories.

Heywood Hale Broun