I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this

Blaise Pascal

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.

Virginia Woolf

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

John Wooden

You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves

John Green

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

Howard Nemerov

If it's a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we can't be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each other's company.

Jean Reno

They are but beggars that can count their worth.

William Shakespeare

Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.

George Berkeley

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

Horace

Perhaps you say, Why are the wicked joyous? Why do they live in luxury? Why do they not toil with me? It is because they who have not put down their names to strive for the crown are not bound to undergo the labors of the contest. They who have not gone down into the race-course do not annoint themselves with oil nor get covered with dust. For those whom glory awaits trouble is at hand. The perfumed spectators are wont to look on, not to join in the struggle, nor to endure the sun, the heat, the dust, and the showers ...

Saint Ambrose of Milan

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

George Bernard Shaw

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

Fletcher Knebel