Really to sin you have to be serious about it.

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose.

Shelby Foote

Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth 'It unscrews the other way.

J.K. Rowling

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Mahatma Gandhi

If you ask a member of this generation two simple questions: How do you want the world to be in fifty years? and What do you want your life to be like five years from now? the answers are quite often preceded by Provided there is still a world and Provided I am still alive. To the often-heard question, Who are they, this new generation? one is tempted to answer, Those who hear the ticking. And to the other question, Who are they who utterly deny them? the answer may well be, Those who do not know, or refuse to face, things as they really are.

Hannah Arendt

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love.

Nick Carter

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

Adam Lambert

The soul's joy lies in doing.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I'll be supposed upon a book, his face is the worst thing about him.

William Shakespeare

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

Rick Warren

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.

Bob Seger

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Hosea Ballou

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

Abraham Lincoln