Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Era ella quien se abría como una sandía madura, roja, jugosa, tibia, ella quien sudaba esa fragancia penetrante de mariscos, ella quien lo mordía, lo arañaba, lo chupaba, gemía, agonizaba de sofoco y de placer. Era en su carne compasiva donde se sumergía hasta perder el aliento y volverse esponja, medusa, estrella de altamar.

Isabel Allende

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

Cesar Chavez

The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.

Kurt Vonnegut

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

James Baldwin

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

Kahlil Gibran

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

Glenda Jackson

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

Jennifer Aniston

A lot of these angles are really about trying to mimic broadcast sports angles in order to anchor the scene, to sort of normalize it before it becomes abstracted.

Matthew Barney

Long hair is an unpardonable offense which should be punishable by death.

Steven Morrissey

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

Stephen Jay Gould

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Cornel West

Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.

Samuel Johnson