I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring.

Henry David Thoreau

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you're just like, 'Oh, I'd love to work at home.

Keira Knightley

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

Gene Stratton-Porter

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.

Octavia Butler

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Failure is the key to success each mistake teaches us something.

Morihei Ueshiba

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.

Azar Nafisi

Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?

John Green

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

John Donne

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Theodore Roosevelt

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

Elizabeth Edwards

I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

J. G. Ballard