Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.

Marya Mannes

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

Ann Bancroft

I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want. But I'm also not going to take a vow of chastity and pine away for you, or whatever the hell it is that men do in romance novels these days. I have needs. I'd rather satisfy them with you, but if you don't want me I suppose I'll just have to find someone else. Might take me a while, but I'll make do. I always have before.

Nenia Campbell

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Margaret Thatcher

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

Greg Anderson

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

Layne Staley

I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.

Kim Kardashian

I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on.

Kurt Vonnegut

You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Rosalynn Carter

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.

Vijay Singh

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Robert Fripp

he was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.

Leo Tolstoy