Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

Thor Heyerdahl

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

J.K. Rowling

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, just what does an empty desk mean?

Source Unknown

A woman who would steal your love when your love was really all you had to give was not much of a woman.

Stephen King

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it

Terry Pratchett

The abortionist who reassembles the arms and legs of a tiny baby to make sure all its parts have been torn from its mother's body can hardly doubt whether it is a human being.

Ronald Reagan

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

Phil McGraw

What is more important in a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists.

Archibald MacLeish, The Premise

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Bertrand Russell

The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life.

Daniel Radcliffe

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

William Butler Yeats

A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.

George Bernard Shaw