He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

Just do what you do best.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

The coach should be the absolute boss but he still should maintain an open mind.

All records are made to be broken.

If they think weve got an edge weve got an edge.

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

I could go on and on and on about how we use the word 'place' in so many different ways. About how somebody might ask you 'Where you at?' And they're not asking where are you sitting, where are you living, they're asking: 'How are you doing?

As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does.

If I was bigger I might not have had the same skill set as I do, the speed.

I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.

What I truly get excited about is not the genre of a movie or the size of a part - it's character. I like to find characters.

It's always a shock to me when I get recognized.

A great thing about these trees is that they are excellent for cleaning, both groundwater, and of course, air.

I don't have many litmus tests, but this is one: Any candidate who doesn't understand that we need to balance the budget should not be president of the United States.

Middle Eastern cuisine has the same depth of ingredients and processes as other cuisines. They just haven't had as much exposure.

Just sharing music with each other - that's cool. It's the selling that becomes the problem.

Oh, I eat whatever I want whenever I want it.

Land monopoly is not only monopoly but it is by far the greatest of monopolies it is a perpetual monopoly and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.

Solar will outcompete other technologies.

The heart of another is a dark forest always no matter how close it has been to ones own.

Doing the right thing for someone else was like a tonic for me it was like some magic ointment that made a wound disappear.

And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

At my wedding, I was dancing so furiously that I fell hard on my kneecaps. The next morning, my knees were so swollen that I had to get a wheelchair at the airport to go on my honeymoon.

I think if you want to become a great football player, professional, you must give all the time one hundred percent, you must work hard - to be lucky is a good thing - but if you work hard and you give everything you will have great success.

Shirley Jackson's writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature.