Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Life does not accommodate you; it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition.

Florida Scott Maxwell

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

Wally Lamb

A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, 'The Clock' is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself - something almost inhuman.

Jerry Saltz

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

G. K. Chesterton

Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do.

Cassandra Clare

I grew up in a dysfunctional family.

Melissa Gilbert

It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.

Michael C. Cahill

Everything's changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like 'Alice' or 'Avatar' are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry.

Richard D. Zanuck

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Jane Austen

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth Gods work must truly be our own.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Antoine Rivarol