Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

Samuel Johnson

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

Garth Nix

I prefer truth-based entertaining idealism.

Toba Beta

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

Penelope Ann Miller

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

Rebecca West

I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

Johnny Unitas

Let us beware of saying there are laws in nature. There are only necessities: there is no one to command, no one to obey, no one to transgress. When you realize there are no goals or objectives, then you realize, too, that there is no chance: for only in a world of objectives does the word chance have any meaning.

Friedrich Nietzsche

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.

Richard Cobden

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

Confucius

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.

George Clooney

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

James Earl Jones

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

Nassau William Senior