A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.

This line of research continued when I went, and brought my research group with me, to the new University of California, Irvine campus in 1966 to become the founding Dean of the School of Physical Sciences.

Frederick Reines

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

Oprah Winfrey

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

Anton Chekhov

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Socrates

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Samuel Butler

My heart lies in music and acting, however, my inspiration comes from adrenaline rush I get from sports... and life.

Alexander Ludwig

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Hubert H. Humphrey

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically they grow exponentially.

Indra Nooyi

The less I needed the better I felt.

Charles Bukowski

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

James Reston

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

Doug Coupland