Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.

Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science and he will be silent. Ask a religious person a very simple question on his religion and he will be frenzied.

Kedar Joshi

I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.

Darrell Hammond

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Where would we be if throughout history, our greatest minds had feared that which they could not confirm? Embrace the unknown with caution, but not with fear.

Karyn Somerfield, (quotation sub

God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.

Julian of Norwich

He wondered if perhaps, subconsciously, he was trying to sabotage her efforts by setting the bar too high, trying to keep her with him longer; but surely his subconscious wasn't that stupid?

Dianne Sylvan

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

Kevin Kelly

This confidence is not something that happens overnight. I have been working on it for a long time. I look in the mirror and do affirmations: 'You are bold. You are brilliant. You are beautiful.' If my lower pooch is really popping out that day, I look at it and say, 'Pooch, you are cute!'

Ashley Graham

The successful person and the unsuccessful person are looking at the same world; the difference between them is what they see.

Steve Maraboli

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

Jeffrey Eugenides

There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.

Kate Walsh

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi