He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.

Helen Keller

Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.

Jarvis Cocker

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering

Minna Antrim

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

John Ruskin

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Benjamin Franklin

The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.

Lewis H. Lapham

Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.

Arthur Golden

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.

Conor Oberst

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.

Cher

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

Christine Lahti

We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.

Charles Franklin Kettering

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.

Genevieve Gorder