I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

Old times never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

George E. Woodberry

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

David Brin

Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.

David Caruso

Everything that happens to you matters to me.

Cassandra Clare

Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.

Francoise Sagan

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

Ray Blanton

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

George Santayana

While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him.

Robert Teeter

He who has not a good memory should never take upon himself the trade of lying.

Michel de Montaigne

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Norman Vincent Peale

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'

Adam Carolla

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

Thomas Malthus