..Thirty's the end of being young, forty is where you stop fooling yourself.

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace,As I have seen in one autumnal face.

John Donne, Elegy 9, The Autumna

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus

On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.

Sophie Ellis Bextor

Shouldn't letting go be painless if you've never learned how to hold on?

John Green

Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer.

Denis Leary

I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.

Calvin Klein

I don't know. But I know that I'm at the stage of my life where I want , not .I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.And I also know better than to dream about things that can't happen.

Jodi Picoult

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

Mario Puzo

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Dwight D Eisenhower, no source f

On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.

Jesse Jackson

True holiness consists in doing God's will with a smile

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.

Jeff Ross