Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.

I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.

Lewis Black

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

Nina Dobrev

We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is turn on the lights, open the window, and remind us that there are a whole lot of ways to tell the same story.

Shauna Niequist

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

Ethel Merman

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.

Diana Ross

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the king who led them to it.

William Shakespeare

Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.

Jack Canfield

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.

Arthur Henderson

A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to.

Mark Kelly

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Notebooks 1

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

Jane Austen