I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.

Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty.

Gerald F. Lieberman

Vision is the true creative rhythm.

Robert Delaunay

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

Emile M. Cioran

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Will cannot be quenched against its will.

Dante Alighieri

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

Christopher Hitchens

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Aristotle

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.

Source Unknown

What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.

Jack Welch

You can never recover from losing a person you love, but you can find a way to let it be part of your life rather than letting it take over every part of you

Darien Gee

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Johann von Goethe