We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

Big mouthfuls often choke.

Italian Proverb

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.

William Faulkner

What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.

Salma Hayek

People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic.

John Ruskin

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Denis Diderot

I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind.

Tiger Woods

Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

Daniel Goleman

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.

Patti Smith

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.

Johann von Goethe

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.

John Locke

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.

Gwendolyn Brooks