The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

Amber Benson

The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the hard sciences so brilliantly successful.

Herbert Simon

My friends! There are no friends

Aristotle

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

Charles Caleb Colton

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.

Stephen King

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

Jennie Finch

Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.

Ernest Hemingway

For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

Ryan Gosling

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

Cristina Saralegui

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?

Henry James

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Andre Maurois

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.