The transitoriness of our existence in now way makes it meaningless. But it does constitute our responsibleness; for everything hinges upon our realizing the essentially transitory possibilities.

There is no greater honor than the one received by athletes the moment they see the raised flag of their country at the highest level, and when they hear their national anthem inundating every corner of the stadium and reaching the ends of the earth.From speech in an Olympic Education event, 4 November 2000.

Voula Patoulidou

She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won.

William Shakespeare

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness.

Victor Hugo

What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

George Bernard Shaw, 1894

I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly.

Terry Pratchett

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

Charlie Sheen

Sir, a man may be so much of everything, that he is nothing of anything.

Samuel Johnson

I am convinced digestion is the great secret of life.

Sydney Smith

Being seventy is not a sin.

Golda Meir

In New York, people are very overbooked.You say, When do you want to have dinner? It's May. They say, What about October? And then they complain: Oh you can't believe how booked up I am.

Fran Lebowitz

It's always too soon to quit.

David T. Scoates

The archenemy is the arch stupid!

Thomas Carlyle