It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

While we read history we make history.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

It is not observed in history that families improve with time.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

Nature makes woman to be won and men to win.

Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.

Age is a matter of feeling...not of years.

The test of civilization is the estimate of women.

A journal should be neither an echo nor a pander.

Age is a matter of feeling not of years.

The New Year begins in a snow storm of white vows

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.

Happiness is speechless.

There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.

I'm not a fan of that sort of punky, heavy, tinny stuff. I like a nice melody.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.

Being a mom, it feels like I did something so powerful and amazing. It's such a gigantic blessing, and a confirmation that the Creator exists. And all of that has made me feel sexier and stronger. I call it 'lava in my spine.'

I was like Gene Kelly, it was called singing in the rain. No seriously, I wasn't really born with a singing voice, but my friends Joe and John taught me how to sing.

But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

The economy works best when better ideas win out over worse ideas, harder work wins out over less work, when it's a fair fight in the marketplace.

There are certainly laws and elements that make a film more accessible to mainstream audiences. If you've got Tom Cruise as a strongman, I'm sure it would have larger audiences, but it wouldn't have the same substance.

I am too much of a team member to be separated from my team.

It sounds mercenary and it smacks of rats leaving the sinking ship. But get real, when everyone is bailing out, you don't want to be the last man standing.

To every woman out there who thinks that they might like to get involved in politics or stand for parliament, I say go for it. If I can do it, so can you.

I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.

Generally speaking, the anxiety will pass, which is easy for me to say when I'm not in the middle of an anxiety attack. When you're in the throes of one, it's hard to feel anything other than utter misery and terror.

Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.

'Pay it forward' has become a hackneyed concept, but I truly believe in it, and it gives me huge satisfaction to be able to help writers in a measurable way.

For Virgin Galactic's customers, it is transportation to the most amazing experience of their lives. I very much look forward to sending some Scots into space.

People shouldn't look at me and think life is one big piece of glamour. That's the marketing, the spin. Life is challenging. But I have courage, strength, and enough good health to see the positive.

Every evening brings us nearer God.

The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

People laugh and call me lazy while they twit around in their three hour workout making zero progress. Sometimes instead of what you do in the weight room its what you dont do that will lead to success.

I am first a creator, but my ongoing objective is to leverage my personal success to help mentor new and existing talent and further help them achieve their goals. Endemol Beyond shares this vision, and together, we will drive the future of original content for generations to come.

Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.