When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Coco Chanel

The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

John Podhoretz

My wife gets all the money I make. I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.

Ray Romano

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Omar Khayyam

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

Francis Picabia

The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the changing nature of what we regard as 'news' and the way in which many citizens perceive politics.

Malcolm Turnbull

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Menander

Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.

Mary Balogh

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.

Lewis H. Lapham

I'm a sports guy. Football, God, I flip out.

David Boreanaz

He is every other inch a gentleman.

Rebecca West

I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I shall leave it to time to show what will come of it: a brilliant butterfly or maggot.

Caspar David Friedrich