I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

There is a moon, that rests in the quiet cornersof a lover’s lips.

Yes, and Duchamp too, when he was asked what he thought about God, said, 'Let's not talk about that. That's man's stupidest idea.' — Nikša Gligo (1972)

Not all animal brides are doomed. Not all men are greedy or violent or possessive.

Endings are not our destiny...They are merely interruptions-temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful.

What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?

I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

When an audience does not complain, it is a compliment, and when it does, it is a compliment, too, if unaccompanied by violence.

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you feel like it.

If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.