Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply

Samuel Johnson

Justice is achieved not in striving for justice, but with love.

Leo Tolstoy

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

Ciara

I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.

Keira Knightley

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Samuel Johnson

To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom.

William Penn

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

Marissa Mayer

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Henry David Thoreau

When you were a wandering desire in the mist, I too was there, a wandering desire. Then we sought one another, and out of our eagerness dreams were born. And dreams were time limitless, and dreams were space without measure.

Kahlil Gibran

Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness.

Ben Nicholson

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Robert E. Lee

The midwife considers the miracle of childbirth as normal, and leaves it alone unless there's trouble. The obstetrician normally sees childbirth as trouble; if he leaves it alone, it's a miracle.

Sheila Stubbs