Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

Samuel Butler

DNA has memory!

Isaiah Washington

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Rosa Parks

I love coming home to somebody, I love being in a relationship.

Daniel Radcliffe

In the marvellous month of May when all the buds were bursting,then in my heart didlove arise.In the marvellous month of Maywhen all the birds were singing,then did I reveal to hermy yearning and longing.

Heinrich Heine

He who is brave is free.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Jim DeMint

The professors laugh at themselves, they laugh at life; they long ago abjured the bitch-goddess Success, and the best of them will fight for his scholastic ideals with a courage and persistence that would shame a soldier. The professor is not afraid of words like truth; in fact he is not afraid of words at all.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Daddy loves you, but he smacks you, and he can shout at you and smash things, but Daddy still loves you. So when you get into a relationship with someone who does all of that, why would it be unusual?

Trisha Goddard

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

Chad Hugo

Boston is actually the capital of the world. You didn't know that? We breed smart-ass, quippy, funny people. Not that I'm one of them. I just sorta sneaked in under the radar.

John Krasinski

When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, Well, what do you need?

Steven Wright