I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

You'll see it when you believe it.

Wayne Dyer

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Confucius

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a collaborating task. The tendency of the writer-editor to collaborate is natural, but he should say to himself, How can I help this writer to say it better in his own style? and avoid How can I show him how I would write it, if it were my piece?

James Thurber

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.

Sir William Temple

I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.

Kate Walsh

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

John Locke

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

Sun Tzu

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

Marissa Mayer

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

Elbert Hubbard

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw

That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.

Liev Schreiber

Each day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

Friedrich Nietzsche