Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
—Edgar Watson Howe
When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
—W. Somerset Maugham
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
—Colin Powell
I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.
—Margaret Mead
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
—Paul Goodman
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.
—John L. Motley
What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?
—Henry Miller
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
—Colette
It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable.
—Jessamyn West
If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.
—Kanye West
Journalism is just a gun. It's only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that's all you need. Aim it right and you can blow a kneecap off the world.
—Warren Ellis
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.
—Marita Bonner
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.
—Oprah Winfrey
What you are is a question only you can answer.
—Lois McMaster Bujold