Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . .

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Elvis Presley

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.

Wilbur Smith

The healthy stomach is nothing if it is not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

Samuel Butler

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Benjamin Franklin

Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self-denial that goes into the acquisition of it.

John Morley

All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I'll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine. I'm happy to go there because I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.

Stephen King

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

John Webster

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

Christina Hoff Sommers

Man must live in contentment with the conditions of his time. He must not make himself the slave of any habit. He must eat a piece of stale bread with the same relish and enjoyment as the most sumptuous dinner. Contentment is real wealth. If one develops within himself the quality of contentment he will become independent. Contentment is the creator of happiness. When one is contented he does not care either for riches or poverty. He lives above the influence of them and is indifferent to them.

Abdu'l-Baha

Sex can no longer be the germ, the seed of fiction. Sex is an episode, most properly conveyed in an episodic manner, quickly, often ironically. It is a bursting forth of only one of the cells in the body of the omnipotent I, the one who hopes by concentration of tone and voice to utter the sound of reality.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Peter Drucker