People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

These violent delights have violent ends.

William Shakespeare

It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough.

Mary E. Pearson

My first car was a motorcycle.

Adam Carolla

It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man.

Raul Julia

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

George Bernard Shaw

Miki-san... do you truly want that person's dream to come true? Or is it that you want to be that person's savior for making that dream come true? If you're going to fulfill someone else's dream, that's the time when it's most important to be sure you know your own wish. The two might seem the same, but they're entirely different.

Magica Quartet

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

W. Somerset Maugham

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.

Doug Larson

And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

Terry Pratchett

We have heard much of the phrase, peace and friendship. This phrase, in expressing the aspiration of America, is not complete. We should say instead, peace and friendship, in freedom. This, I think, is America's real message to the rest of the world.

Dwight D Eisenhower

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.

Ellen Barkin

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

John Cusack