I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take.

Kathy Ireland

And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people, songwriters, who are around.

Ashley Judd

A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.

Carrie P. Snow

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Charles Kettering

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

Jack Nicklaus

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

E. B. White

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.

William Shakespeare

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Charles Spurgeon

Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.

Tom Perrotta

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

Ellen Glasgow

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Trevor Dunn