I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

Lao Tzu

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Sophocles

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.

Mary Antin

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.

John Redwood

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

William Shakespeare

Ever notice that people never say It's only a game when they're winning?

Ivern Ball

The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's must be beautiful; the ideas like the colours or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

Godfrey Harold Hardy

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Charles Horton Cooley

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.

David Rockefeller

Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table.

Giada De Laurentiis

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

Erica Jong