Seek joy in what you give not in what you get

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

Tim Robbins

Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried.

Jane Austen

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

Bo Jackson

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Henry David Thoreau

How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.

Robin Gibb

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

Sue Monk Kidd

Tis God gives skill, But not without men's hands: He could not make Antonio Stradivari's violins Without Antonio.

George Eliot

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?

George Moore

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

Pope Francis

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.

John Avlon

Speaking of Twitter, I don't even know if I composed a blog entry in 2009, as I was too busy parceling my every thought into cute 140-character sound bites. I used to only worry about being pithy for a living now some of my best lines are wasted on a free app!

Diablo Cody

Reading furnishes the mind only with material for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

John Locke