Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.
If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
When you are through changing, you are through.
I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.
Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
When you're through changing, you're through.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
It's not terribly fun defending you (oil companies), but I do.
Because she’s Acheron companion. (Astrid) Ash has a companion? (Zarek) (The demon snorted. She stood up and whispered loudly in Astrid’s ear. ) Dark-Hunters are cute, but very stupid. (Simi)
It will be another disaster, after Irangate. Not only that, not only this longest Arab - Israeli confrontation: but also the most important and successful war of attrition which still continues in the south of Lebanon.
The evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death.