We think very little of time present; we anticipate the future, as being too slow, and with a view to hasten it onward, we recall the past to stay it as too swiftly gone. We are so thoughtless, that we thus wander through the hours which are not here, regardless only of the moment that is actually our own.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

Charlize Theron

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

Irving Berlin

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

Marianne Williamson

Envy is the only name she could find for the monstrous thing she faced, but it was much worse than envy: it was the profound hatred of life, of success and of all human values, felt by a certain kind of mediocrity...the kind who feels pleasure on hearing about a stranger's misfortune. It was hatred of the good for being the good...hatred of ability, of beauty, of honesty, of earnestness, of achievement and, above all, of human joy.

Ayn Rand, From, "Los Angeles Tim

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Henri Frederic Amiel

I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids.

Kristi Yamaguchi

Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.

Jennifer Aniston

I also have this incredible love for women.

Kevyn Aucoin

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All of the people in my building are insane. The guy above medesigns synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats. The lady acrossthe hall tried to rob a department store... With a pricinggun... She said, Give me all of the money in the vault, or I'mmarking down everything in the store.

Steven Wright

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

Orson Scott Card

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

Jared Leto