Nor do I take into account a danger of starting a chain reaction of a scope great enough to destroy part or all of the planet. But it is not necessary to imagine the earth being destroyed like a nova by a stellar explosion to understand vividly the g

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

Ann Bancroft

To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are the things that make men happy.

John Ruskin

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

Dame Edith Evans

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Charles J. Givens

The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market - more choices, lower prices, higher quality - and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care.

John Shadegg

Had he and I but metBy some old ancient inn,We should have sat us down to wetRight many a nipperkin!But ranged as infantry,And staring face to face,I shot at him as he at me,And killed him in his place.I shot him dead because--Because he was my foe,Just so: my foe of course he was;That's clear enough; althoughHe thought he

Thomas Hardy, The Man He Killed

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.

Jodi Picoult

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

John Adams

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Dylan Thomas

Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man.

Theodore Martin

I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories.

Fred Durst

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Marilu Henner