In the past, I used to associate peace with a sense of monotony or lack of excitement.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.
Linus Torvalds
When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn't starve too long.
Steve Guttenberg
It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am God's slave, not that of a devil.
Kedar Joshi
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
Cathy McMorris
After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it.
Nicholas Mosley
In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.
Sarah Palin
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby
I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.
Johann von Goethe
Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
Ed Koch
An important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.
John Kenneth Galbraith
My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire.
Nicki Minaj