To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.

I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success -- the earliest spark in the dreaming youth -- if this; dream a great dream.

John A. Appleman

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.

Jean de la Bruyere

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

Neil Simon

I cannot live without books.

Thomas Jefferson

I am of course notoriously hooked on cigarettes. I keep hoping the things will kill me. A fire at one end and a fool at the other.

Kurt Vonnegut

I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.

Karen Thompson Walker

God has a big eraser.

Billy Zeoli

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

Hedy Lamarr

I am the son of a small and far-away nation and the other laureates have all come from different countries from all over the world and we all were equally received here with signs of sympathy.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Thug Life to me is dead.

Tupac Shakur

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Stephen Hawking

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

Carlos Ghosn