Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
You know the expression, "It's not personal; it's business." We sneer at such rot. All business is personal, all the time.
The habit of giving up when the present task is half finished and try something else is one of the chief causes of failure.
A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.
I think my identity as a 'conservative' is entirely inherited. People see the name Buckley, and they think 'conservative.'
Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.
If god really wanted people to be free of [wicked thoughts], he should have taken more care to invent a different species.
This problem - it is age old. To do what is right and save the day without destroying the very thing the day is lived for.
He cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him. 'Then you should never have been born,' I say.
Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind.
I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then.
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.
Well now, Jack," Hastings said from the sidelines. "I'm afraid you've been beheaded. Not a good start." He sounded amused.
She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.
If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.
Biographers search for traces, for evidence of activity, for signs of movement, for letters, for diaries, for photographs.
The customer is always right! John Wanamaker must be turning in his grave. If you're a customer today, you're an intruder.
She [Marilyn Monroe] was good at being inarticulately abstracted for the same reason that midgets are good at being short.
Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.
When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins.
The Fairy's dress rustled as she turned. Human women dressed like flowers, layers of petals around a mortal, rotting core.
Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.
Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?
Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.
Don't be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love with his life and thought about love while praying.
My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.
People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.
There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to believe.
Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again.
I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. It’s nothing to brag about.
...there's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.
I write longhand on legal pads, about half at home and half in cafes. I drink a lot of water and eat a lot of raw carrots.
Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?
Keeping stationary drains your brain, but moving around shows you new things, new inspiration, and keeps the blood moving.
Surely my macking on some guy in an insane asylum wouldn't hurt him. He'd been living with his stalker, for heaven's sake.
I did that thing where you scratch your eyebrow and flip someone off at the same time. I'm good at multitasking like that.
Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It’s a terrific lesson in economy and precession.
The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.
Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the Home.
I read "Remembrance of Things Past" in the original French. I never start the day without reading me some [Marcel] Proust.
The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.
There are several things to be learned about money from Scripture, and the concepts of generosity and giving are in there.
Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.
Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.
There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.
The baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.
Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.
Only a relationship with Christ can satisfy our hearts. Without Him we have nothing. With Him we have all things to enjoy.