We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.
—Buzzie Bavasi (American Baseball Executive)
Closer than a touch on your skin,
deeper than a breathe you draw in;
stronger than a hurricane wind,
is the dwelling of God within.
—Isaac de Benserade (French Poet, Dramatist)
Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
—Brad Pitt (American Actor)
In a culture where the possibility of wealth and the acquisition of things are so defining of success, we end up pursuing things that, even if we are successful, can never deliver what we envisioned they would. The reason riches become such a snare is because we end up evaluating life in mercenary terms and being seen by others in such terms, and life is just not so.
—Ravi Zacharias (Christian Preacher)
The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.
—Ivern Ball (American Writer, Aphorist)
Research serves to make building stones out of stumbling blocks.
—Arthur Dehon Little (American Management Consultant)
As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance … . But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still—and persevere.
—Madeleine Albright (Czech-born American Diplomat)
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
—Guillaume Apollinaire (Italian-born French Poet)
What we play is life.
—Louis Armstrong (American Jazz Musician)
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (American Basketball Player)
The gods made our bodies as well as our souls, is it not so? They give us voices, so we might worship them with song. They give us hands, so we might build them temples. And they give us desire, so we might mate and worship them in that way.
—George R. R. Martin (American Writer)
I’ve met these people, the ones from the glossy magazines. I’ve walked among them. I have seen, firsthand, their callow, empty lives. I have watched them from the shadows when they thought themselves alone. And I can tell you this: I’m afraid there is not one of them who would swap lives with you at gunpoint.
—Neil Gaiman (British Writer)
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