Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

Corazon Aquino

When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.

Jane Austen

The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.

Steve Maraboli

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.

Jeff Miller

I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

Adam Lambert

There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

Charles Dudley Warner

You can't run from trouble, there ain't no place that far.

Splash Mountain

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them. That month, I drove my stepdad's Thunderbird Super Coupe into Manhattan every day, and I would crank Cypress Hill as I flew around the city, racing the taxis.

Danny Masterson

Religion is induced insanity.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

Izaak Walton

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Sir William Temple