David M. Shoup

The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things.

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

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Benjamin Franklin

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

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Hal

I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.

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Jean Iris Murdoch

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the faade of his appearance.

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Moses Hadas

This book fills a much needed gap.

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Valerie Natress

There is nothing worse than falling prey To someone else's confusion.

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Moby, quoted on CNN.com, March 2005

I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide.

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Edward Morgan Forster

In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.

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Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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