A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

I force my eyes upward and look at Mia for the first time. She's still beautiful. Not in an obvious Vanessa LeGrande or Bryn Shraeder kind of way. In a quiet way that's always been devastating to me. Her hair, long and dark, is down now, swimming damply against her bare shoulders, which are still milky white and covered with the constellation of freckles that I used to kiss. The scar on her left shoulder, the one that used to be an angry red weld is silvery pink now. Almost like the latest rage in tattoo accessories. Almost pretty.

Gayle Forman

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Danny Kaye

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

Christopher Paolini

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Frank A. Clark

You can't change what you don't understand.

Orson Scott Card

What I do for a living is talk. What I do for life is action.

Steve Maraboli

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Abbas Kiarostami

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword

Samuel Johnson

The American insanity for Loving Everybody is ruining my good temper and delivering my stomach to enormous bouts with acidity.

Taylor Caldwell, On Growing Up T

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

W. C. Fields

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

Diana Vreeland

Computers in classrooms are the filmstrips of the 1990s.

Clifford Stoll