Henry David Thoreau

In the long run, men only hit what they aim at.

Maya Angelou

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Edward Abbey

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Richard M. DeVos

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Terry Border

You know those things about yourself that you're self conscious of? Those quirks that you're trying to hide? Those are not your weaknesses, those are your strengths.

Garrison Keillor

Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and flowers, through sports, music and books, raising kids-- all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even today, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Jack Kerouac

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

Robert A. Heinlein

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Swedish Proverb

Love me when I least deserve it because that is when I really need it.

Charles Darwin, in the foreword to his book, The Origin of Species, 1869

I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.

Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier, predicting Soviet communism will win over U.S. capitalism, 1958

We will bury you.

Howard H. Stevenson

Prediction is at least two things: Important and hard.

Theodore Roosevelt

I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.

Japanese Proverb

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Stephen Covey

Keep in mind that you are always saying 'no' to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the more fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.

George Lucas

The secret to film is that it's an illusion!

Corrie Ten Boom

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Emo Philips

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The Green Goblin (Spiderman)

Well, to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?

Abraham Maslow

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Tom Peters

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Arthur C. Clarke

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.