Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have; so spend it wisely.

What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.

Erykah Badu

Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

Georg Simmel

..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

Yann Martel

Sometimes it pays to stay in bed in Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debuging Monday's code.

Dan Salomon

The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.

Marshall McLuhan

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.

Whitney Houston

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.

Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poe

When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd turn down the music and turn around and I'd be singing and know all of the words but I didn't even know how to talk. From then on I've always wanted to be a singer.

Leona Lewis

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

James A. Baldwin

I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

Keanu Reeves

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

William James

Once you're famous you can't go back.

Matthew Morrison