As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

Albert Einstein

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

David Rockefeller

I'd sit around dreaming that the boys I saw at shows or at work - the boys with silver earrings and big boots - would tell me I was beautiful, take me home and feed me Thai food or omelets and undress me and make love to me all night with the palm trees whispering windsongs about a tortured gleaming city and the moonlight like flame melting our candle bodies.

Francesca Lia Block

You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Og Mandino

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

Meryl Streep

Practical observation commonly consists of collecting a few facts and loading them with guesses.

Source Unknown

There's no heaven as I had known before. It's just a great universe which is available to be enjoyed by souls who dream about it.

Toba Beta

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.

Terry Pratchett

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Pa

If I die, I forgive you. If I live we shall see.

Proverb

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.

Heather Locklear

Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can't control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves.

Jan Mckingley Hilado