We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

William Hazlitt

I did grow up with a really big interest in math and science; I liked it.

Linda M. Godwin

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff, 'In Pharaoh's Army

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Martha Beck

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'

Adam Carolla

When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Hugh White

However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn't escape death: It would get us all in the end.

Rachel Ward

I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can't have it all at once and you can't have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.

Barbara Sher

It has struck me that people seldom listen to the meaning of underlying words.There are only a few people who recognize the silence beyond the scream,the gentle weeping that hides beyond tough statements.They hear only the words,the sentences,when there is so much more to take in.People who are too self-absorbed to notice,really see or fathom others.Often,they don't even know themselves.

Esther Verhoef

Nothing factual that I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction.

Nadine Gordimer

I do love Italian food. Any kind of pasta or pizza. My new pig out food is Indian food. I eat Indian food like three times a week. It's so good.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Shadows fall on even the brightest hours.

Bryan Waller Proctor