3 December 2020 Michel de Montaigne The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
3 December 2020 Randy Travis My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.
3 December 2020 Olivia Thirlby I love to cook. My dad’s a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.
3 December 2020 Robert Wyatt If you’ve never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you’ve got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.
3 December 2020 Harlan Coben I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It’s usually pandemonium around here!
3 December 2020 LeBron James Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.
3 December 2020 Erma Bombeck Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go.
3 December 2020 Ricky Martin Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.
3 December 2020 Joyce Grenfell Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night.
3 December 2020 Benjamin Carson I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.
3 December 2020 Eric Liu True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don’t expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty.
3 December 2020 Ellen Goodman There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its value.
3 December 2020 Alfred A. Montapert The majority see the obstacles the few see the objectives history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.
3 December 2020 Robert E. Lee We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
3 December 2020 Robert Plant Since I was a kid, I’ve had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties – but I’d never really touched on dark Americana.
3 December 2020 Francois de La Rochefoucauld There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
3 December 2020 Eli Wallach I’ve learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
3 December 2020 George Pataki After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means – and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.
3 December 2020 Hermann Hesse I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
3 December 2020 Henry Cuellar We intend to keep the lines of communication open with the Defense Department so we can help our border law enforcement agencies navigate the equipment application process.
3 December 2020 Carl Sandburg To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
3 December 2020 Frank Press My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.
3 December 2020 Kristin Scott Thomas As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: ‘This is me playing this character. And aren’t I fantastic!’ I don’t feel that so much now.
