3 December 2020 John Wooden Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
3 December 2020 K. Eric Drexler I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
3 December 2020 Ninon de L'Enclos It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
3 December 2020 Atom Egoyan That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs – where he tries desperately to be a ‘TV Dad,’ to give advice and it’s so pat it becomes ridiculous.
3 December 2020 Marla Maples I was made to believe there was a plan in place for ending Donald’s previous marriage. I pulled away because I wanted to allow him the time to deal with his wife.
3 December 2020 R. Kelly Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I’ve been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.
3 December 2020 Frederick Douglass I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
3 December 2020 Peter Cushing I hope this doesn’t sound pompous but I don’t think of myself as famous, whatever fame I’ve got has come through what I’ve done and associations of things I’ve done.
3 December 2020 Clint Eastwood This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.
3 December 2020 Malcolm Forbes Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don’t understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn’t a business.
3 December 2020 Aristotle Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
3 December 2020 Henry David Thoreau Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
3 December 2020 Helen Gurley Brown After you’re older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.
3 December 2020 Ulysses S. Grant Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
3 December 2020 Sachin Tendulkar From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
3 December 2020 Edward Hopper If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.
3 December 2020 Liz Phair I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don’t think I took my whole self with me – I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.
3 December 2020 Matt Damon Success is not something I’ve wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that’s true, big-time success. If not, it’s much ado about nothing.
3 December 2020 Phylicia Rashad What’s in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.
3 December 2020 Rosanne Cash Because I was starting out in my 20’s. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn’t want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.
3 December 2020 Nicholas Lea At Christmas, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it’s coming.
3 December 2020 George Santayana Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
3 December 2020 Robin Leach It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich.