The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

Jack Dee

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

Eric Hoffer

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

They succeed, because they think they can.

Virgil

I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again

Anais Nin

The ultimate umpire of all things in life is -- fact.

Agnes C. Laut

I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

Calvin Trillin

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

Julius Irving

It's funny recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

Dave Grohl

Love laughs at locksmiths.

Proverb

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence -- only in constant improvement and constant change.

Thomas J. Peters