Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

Mahatma Gandhi

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

Nigel Kneale

Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always been the surprises.

Lionel Richie

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Martha Graham

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

Arne Jacobsen

Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?

Earl Wilson

The Diet Mentality has come about because there is agreement in our society that the only way to lose weight is by dieting. But dieting produces absolutely no permanent, positive results. In fact, it makes you feel worse about yourself and probably does more damage than good to your health.

Robert L. Schwartz

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Henry David Thoreau

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

James Russell Lowell

It was not I who lived, but life rather that lived me.

R. S. Thomas

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Honore de Balzac

I have a car but it's not important.

Eric Cantona