The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence of life, or growth, or change: it passes, as we do, from one stage to the another, from darkness to darkness, into a distance where we, too, vanish out of sight. A work of art is static; and its value and its weakness lie in being so: but the tuft of grass and the clouds above it belong to our own travelling brotherhood.

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

Patti Smith

I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.

Jean Paul Gaultier

They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, heaven or hell is born.

Paulo Coelho

I am unlovable...I have tried to involve myself in other people, in relationships, and even - in my sillier moments - in love. But it doesn't work. Something in me is broken or missing and sooner or later the other person catches me Acting or one of Those Nights comes along.

Jeff Lindsay

We are in the position of the man who has only two ambitions in life. One is to invent the universal solvent which will dissolve any solid substance, and the second is to invent the universal container which will hold any liquid. Whatever this inventor does, he will be frustrated.

Norbert Wiener

I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

Nathan Fillion

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

Stephen King

It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

Sydney Smith

It's totally different from last year because I came in with good shape with no health worries so it was about going out there and running well and enjoying it.

Paula Radcliffe

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

Jenna Bush

I find that the best way to do things is to constantly move forward and to never doubt anything and keep moving forward, if you make a mistake say you made a mistake.

John Frusciante

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.

Ayn Rand