Rock-a-bye Baby In the tree topWhen the wind blows The cradle will rock.When the bough breaksThe cradle will fallAnd Mama will catch you Cradle and all!

There was a little girlWho had a little curlRight in the middle of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very good.And when she was “bad”, Her Papa loved her anyway.

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her dear dog a bone.Though the cupboard was bare, When she focused elsewhereHer heart overflowed with fun!

To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I ey'd, Such seems your beauty still.

It is as though the human race is always only waiting for permission to hate.

It is a matter of life and death for us

Too much thinking causes confusion and anxietybetter to stick with the simplicity of Tao

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what interests you and that you can do well and put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today’s happiness I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow.

If risk is the key factor to success and really smart people avoid it, you might not be dumb enough to succeed!

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.

Hayek became in his later years the dominant intellectual influence of the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.