I think when you're learning an instrument, you are restricted because much of it is the noise of individual theory and your ability to play the instrument.

Looking at him now-even if she hadn't been in love with him, that part of her that was her mother's daugher, that loved every beautiful thing for its beauty alone, would still have wanted him.

Cassandra Clare

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

P. J. O'Rourke

It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

Terrence Malick

It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion -- these were the things that counted in a life. When you gave purely, the honor came in the giving, and that was honor enough.

Scott O'Grady

Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.

Francis Bacon

Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which you put your money in your pants pocket and give your coat to your creditors.

Joey Adams

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Francis Bacon

Is not this insanity plea becoming rather common? Is it not so common that the reader confidently expects to see it offered in every criminal case that comes before the courts? Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity.

Mark Twain

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Thomas Jefferson

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

Thomas Carlyle