bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. Oswald Spengler I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I'm worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor. David R. Brower I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length. Dirk Benedict A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Jean de la Bruyere You cannot stoke the fires of prejudice against German people and then not find that somewhere, sometime down the road it doesn't discharge. Ernst Zundel Who should have spent their money on a brain implant? Anne Robinson Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong. Terry Pratchett

how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience. D. W. Griffith It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day. Andrew Wiles We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly. Judy Holliday The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven. Frederick William Robertson If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. Phil Jackson What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in. Markus Wolf I get very driven by certain themes and ideas. Alex Winter

persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. Nicolaus Copernicus Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. Ed Koch Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. Oprah Winfrey I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op. William Baldwin Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume. Sean Young No clock is more regular than the belly. Francois Rabelais At least is was a victory and at least we won. Bobby Moore

the next one. Because I'm the same person, and I feel like, I know I'm going to bring to it a certain sensibility that's me, and I want to have something different coming out on each album. Catie Curtis There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States. Preston Manning Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government. Rush Limbaugh Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom. Jim Hightower You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific. Doc Hastings The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes yo...

strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them. Kent Conrad Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. Richard M. DeVos My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality. Ethan Hawke I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath. John Harvey Kellogg And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular. James Randi Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken

these different lives that were so broken and so much anger and so much frustration and their skating came out of that, their different styles came out of that. John Robinson I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey. John Eaton To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it. Bobby Vinton A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded. Amy Irving When one teaches, two learn. Robert Half I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything. Jack Kelley

everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit. Chuck Yeager If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the strike, with whatever of violence that involves. John Bates Clark Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel. John Ruskin The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star. Francis William Aston They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out. Lester Bowie I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi As you make your bed, so you must lie in ...

and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest. Anna Kournikova Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me? Barbra Streisand I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing. Silvia Colloca I never forgive, but I always forget. Arthur Balfour I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage. Alan Brien The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. Arthur Schopenhauer If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids. Keith Emerson

it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes. Algernon Sidney America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. Louis D. Brandeis Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid. Robert Ashley We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. Bill Maher You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else. Grace Paley I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink. Joe DiMaggio Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but...

niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl. Kelly Clarkson I love Sweden. The entire world should be like Sweden. They all like to drink and get naked, and the women are hot. I can't think of a better nation on the planet. Drew Curtis In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness? Jamie Foxx Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal. Catherine Keener It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. Tony Robbins Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership. Bob Etheridge We all live with the objectiv...

to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens. Samuel Gompers Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that I've found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other. Marilyn Hacker When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it. Alva Noto Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts. Ted Engstrom I am happily married to a wonderful man. He is not in the business. Erin Moran My favorite wines are Zinfandels. Thomas Keller No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning. Richard Petty