I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Frederick Koenig

An art of expression should begin with childhood, and the lucid use of one's mother tongue should be typical of that art. The sense of reality should be strengthened from the beginning, yet by no means at the cost of those lofty illusions we call patriotism, veneration, love.

Louis Sullivan

There's definitely a large fan base for the 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' movies that need their next fix.

Josh Hutcherson

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

Oliver Goldsmith

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery --always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

Virginia Woolf

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.

Alan Dershowitz

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

Bonnie Blair

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Larry Bird

I am well aware of the fact that the human race has known about the existence of a universal energy related to life for many ages. However, the basic task of natural science consisted of making this energy usable. This is the sole difference between my work and all preceding knowledge.

Wilhelm Reich

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Malcom X

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.

Jared Leto

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Miguel de Cervantes