Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.

Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

Steven Pressfield

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

Andrew Bird

At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer.

Lee L. Jampolsky

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

Shel Silverstein

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

Martin Luther King Jr.

There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.

Cassandra Clare

I love awards, especially if I get them.

Ben Gazzara

We are a very crafty family.

Tori Spelling

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

Johnny Carson

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

Don Henley

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry.

Oscar Wilde