When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.

The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.

Fake friends are like plastic if youre finished using it you can trash it.

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.

When I started at Puma, you had a restaurant that was a Puma restaurant, an Adidas restaurant, a bakery. The town was literally divided. If you were working for the wrong company, you wouldn't be served any food; you couldn't buy anything. So it was kind of an odd experience.

I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.

The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement.

Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.

At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.

Everything has been such a whirlwind ever since I stepped foot in the league and everything has been like a dream, so I'm just blessed to be in this position.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

Grow old with me the best is yet to be.

September 11 reinforced for me that whatever I'm writing about, it better be something that really matters to me because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And for me it's stories about people in pain in New York.

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again.

I think music will always be a big part of my life. I can't go five minutes without singing, sometimes unconsciously. And people stare at me, and I'm wondering why they're staring, and then I'm realizing that I'm belting out a tune.

In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.

Steak and Shake in Indianapolis is definitely the first stop when we hit that city.

Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it.

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine.

I think laughter is a sacred act.

In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film.

A feeling of discouragement when you slip up is a sure sign that you put your faith in deeds.

The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and relatives, but to people who have the power to buy. A lot of additional, useful tips could be added, but this is fundamental.

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.