3 December 2020 Henry David Thoreau What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
3 December 2020 Shelby Lynne I think a lot of people think that my parents’ deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that’s not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.
3 December 2020 J. D. Salinger I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
3 December 2020 Chris Cornell And if you don’t believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
3 December 2020 Linus Torvalds That’s what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It’s a positive feedback cycle.
3 December 2020 Emily Bronte I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
3 December 2020 Stephen Sondheim One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
3 December 2020 Philip Emeagwali The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.
3 December 2020 Joel Silver The only problem is I can’t get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that you’ve got to make them different. You’ve got to switch them up.
3 December 2020 George Westinghouse If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.
3 December 2020 Robert Wyatt I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.
3 December 2020 Carrie-Anne Moss As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment and you also realize that you’re one part of a bigger picture and when they call action, you have your dance.
3 December 2020 William James Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
3 December 2020 Colin Powell Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
3 December 2020 Manuel Puig I’ve never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
3 December 2020 John Cale Even if you’re improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
3 December 2020 Thomas Huxley In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
3 December 2020 Jim Rohn The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
3 December 2020 Malcolm Wallop Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
3 December 2020 John A. Simone, Sr. If you’re in a bad situation, don’t worry it’ll change. If you’re in a good situation, don’t worry it’ll change.
3 December 2020 Brian Austin Green It was really like waking up one morning and going, Wow, I enjoy being with this person more than anybody else in my life, and it just turned out to be mutual.
