Life is about choices; it's not about excuses. Excuses only trap us into believing that we cannot take control of our own lives.
— Michael Gerber
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.
— Jean Genet
And is usually true of a man of one idea, [Charles] became obsessed.
— John Steinbeck
Someone isn't your family simply because they contributed to your DNA. Family is how you act. — Lauren Dane
But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically. — Vanessa Mae
What you people call your natural resources our people call our relatives — Oren Lyons
I've never known any distress that an hour's reading didn't relieve. — Montesquieu
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing. — John Henry Newman
He who frees a bird from its cage is surely a holy person! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I like wherever I am. That's my big secret. — Warren Zevon
The mistakes of the wise are better than the wisdom of fools. — Matshona Dhliwayo
Sounds like a boring life.""I hope it lasts forever," she said. — Don DeLillo
It's always questionable to intervene decisively in strange circumstances. — Franz Kafka
