After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

Tranquility is the old man's milk.

Thomas Jefferson

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.

Charlotte Whitton

If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.

Edward Hoagland

Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

Kent Nerburn

Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either religion or neo-atheism.

David Eagleman

Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.

Hermann Hesse

I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene.

Jose Padilha

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Frost

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.

Shimon Peres

I really know right from wrong and apply that to my life. At home, I was the oldest of three. My role was to be the responsible one.

Elisha Cuthbert

The cautious seldom err.

Confucius

A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit them and not be embarrassed by them.

Jean Lush