A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her worth to herself.

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

She hated her job the same way I hated my jobs because she knew she was worth more, but she also hated herself so there wasn't much point in trying to do better.

I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle.

They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures

I've decided that the worst part of loneliness isn't being alone. It's being forgotten.

He doesn't comment on any of the music I play: Sonny Rollins followed by AC/DC followed by the Broadway score from My Fair Lady.

Who wanted to make lemonade from lemons, when you could make perfectly good lemonade grenades?

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity!Through BuddhaAnd through Daruma alikeThou hast cleft thy way.

It wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.

Happiness held is the seed

She thought she loved him. She was crazy.

You don't get happy by sitting around going on, 'Oh this is a horrible situation, what to do?' You've got to find the courage to change that. I think change is extremely hard for people.

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

Also CSPAN is really the great treasure of the media as far as getting information.

If you be King, why should not I succeed?