Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Never stop dreaming. Never stop listening to the music that is inside of you.

We live in an era that sleeping with an individual is easier than loving.

Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.

I grew up in environment that had more women in science.

Sometimes it is the emotional experience of film and television that bring a cause to our hearts and stir us to action - they inform and inspire.

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

Hitting is mostly confidence. I just go out and play and that's the best you can ask for.

I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well.