Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.

Because no matter what they say, you always have a choice. You just don’t always have the guts to make it.

The beauty of the soul enfold in spiritual-life.

First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.

There's already been some trouble for Osama bin Laden in the afterlife. There was a mix up and he was greeted by 72 vegans.

The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.

Those who never make mistakes work for those of us who do.

By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.

I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah.'

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity.