The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.

Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.

Walt Whitman

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

Mike McCready

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

Youssou N'Dour

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

Fiona Apple

All hurt is brain hurt.

John Green

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.

Hugh Jackman

My dad is a lawyer and my mom is an artist. So growing up was exactly what it sounds like - strict household but a lot of creativity. They are so psyched that I get to make music for a living. My parents rule.

Ty Segall

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Horace Mann

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

Bret Easton Ellis

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

George Sand

Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art.

Muhammad Hijazi

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Jane Austen