If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats of the diminution and loss of outline in such opaque objects; the third, of the diminution and loss of colour at long distances.

Leonardo da Vinci

Intelligence, Kant reminds, is not so much a result of genius, rather it is a consequence of a determination to use it.

Michael R. LeGault

An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.

Robert Frost

Beauty opened all the doors it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

Janice Dickinson

But perhaps the most mysterious thing he ever said about it was this. I was questioning him on the subject

C.S. Lewis

My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned, what's left to create the illusion? Let em wonder. I never believed in giving them too much of me.

Mae West

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.

Elie Wiesel

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.

Demetri Martin

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

Francis Bacon

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.

Hillary Clinton

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

William Morris

I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.

Nancy Grace