Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is of no country.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

A joke's a very serious thing.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame to copy faults is want of sense

With that malignant envy which turns pale And sickens even if a friend prevail.

Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their own voice; if they would just write from a vulnerable embarrassing place, it's going to be universal, and it's going to be entertaining. Because everyone is the same, and everyone is unique.

I've never believed that the only way to make a dent is to be a table thumper.

We may have done what the devil said we did, but we are not who the devil says we are!

I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.

In the mornings, I use a good moisturiser and a colouring lip balm. In the evenings, though, I like to go a little glam.

Color like everything else concerning visual expression usually boils down to a gift an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately artists develop their own palette and color sense.

For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still.

I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am!

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Only one in five children in the U.S. lives within walking distance of a park. Many more lack access to a quality early childhood education that provides ample time and space to play.

It's very exciting... what DeAndre brings to the game is truly special. To have the opportunity to play with a football player like that, that's what gets a quarterback out of bed in the morning.

True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.

When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.

Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I get it done? And some of my tasks are pretty broad, and pretty fuzzy, and pretty funky, but that's the way I think.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

I willed myself through a junior college to a university and, ultimately, a Ph.D.

Now my belly is as noble as my heart.

Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.

At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get.

I suspect that American workers have come to lack a work ethic. They do not live by the sweat of their brow.

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.

I certainly wish I were as good-looking as Aaron Eckhart.