Think of the life of the working woman as the decathlon. If you even finish it's a miracle.

Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.

Ian Botham

The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes.

Leo Tolstoy

I am evenThe natural fool of fortune.

William Shakespeare

Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.

John Muir

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

Cassandra Clare

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.

Thomas Friedman

It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.

Terry Pratchett

The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

Michelle Bachelet

Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

Mother Theresa

If warm air rises, Heaven could be hotter than Hell.

Steven Wright

The continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.

Max Born

Love is not a matter of counting the years -- it's making the years count.

Wolfman Jack Smith