A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.

Source Unknown

The purpose of population is not ultimately peopling earth. It is to fill heaven.

Graham D. Leonard

I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting.

Norton Juster

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's own or real life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.

C.S. Lewis

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Jules Verne

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?

Maurice Freehill

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

Andrew Bogut

An exceptionally good mastery of one’s native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

Edsger Dijkstra

Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised.

Katy Perry

The more I examine my own mind, the more romantic I find myself.

Michael Kelahan

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.

General Robert E. Lee

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

Dean Inge