I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.

Vince Carter

Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.

Orson Scott Card

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Henri Matisse

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.

Mary Martin

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

Potter Stewart

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Leo Buscaglia

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

Robert Foster Bennett

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

Pythagoras

I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And aren't I a woman?

Sojourner Truth

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Margaret Deland

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Tacitus

I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing Gad cared. There might be a God, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way, we're on our own.

Cassandra Clare