I shall christen this style the Mandarin, since it is beloved by literary pundits. It is the style of all the writers whose tendency is to make their language convey more than they mean to and more than they feel. It is the style of most artists and all humbug.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.

Aldous Huxley

When I accepted the commission, I had something of an epiphany in the research I did about the agency, actually the science of espionage. I realized there is a connection between the sciences and the invisible forces of man.

James Sanborn

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

Helen Sharman

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

William Shakespeare

We need to get environmentalism out of the sphere of religion. We need to stop the mythic fantasies, and we need to stop the doomsday predictions. We need to start doing hard science instead.

Michael Crichton

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show

Samuel Johnson

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.

Marquis de Condorcet

Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.

Sam Ervin

Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found only in a friend.

Elizabeth Dunphy

We could do it, you know.What?Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.

Suzanne Collins