I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.

My work is a game -- a very serious game.

M. C. (Maurits Cornelis) Escher

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

Austin O'Malley

In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for 'finding himself.' If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence.

Thomas Merton

Be creative enough to dream, brave enough to try, persistent enough to succeed, and humble enough to thank those who helped you along the way.

Elizabeth Parker

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Charles Caleb Colton

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

Francis Ford Coppola

My workout regimen at the moment is nonexistent. I wake up in the morning and brush my teeth. My toothbrush and deodorant are my only dumbbells. That's about it.

Josh Bowman

The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera

Daniel J. Boorstin, The Image, c

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

Thomas Kempis

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Elie Wiesel

Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.

Bhagavad Gita