There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Her life was one endless loop that she raced around, with steep banked curves so she could never change or slow down. It just delivered her back to herself, over and over and over.

Chris Cleave

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Christopher Hitchens

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.

Dave Eggers

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.

Lauryn Hill

Common sense is seeing things as they are, and doing things as they should be done.

Source Unknown

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.

Carlos Ghosn

I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.

Ashlee Simpson

If you deny any affinity with another person or kind of person, if you declare it to be wholly different from yourself

Ursula K. LeGuin

It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.

Richard Hammond

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.

Franz Liszt

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.

Jessica Alba

When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another, not many. If you are there, others cannot be there. If you are there, you become a protective wall. What happens? You become part of t

Elie Wiesel