In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. Ansel Adams Wisdom Time
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. Jim Jarmusch Poetry
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. Andre Gide
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators. Ansel Adams Intuition
It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game. Garry Kasparov Power
A gauge for wisdom - The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper. Friedrich Nietzsche Inspirational Wisdom Famous
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece. Paul Gauguin Art
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. Milan Kundera Laughter Happiness
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. Thomas Jefferson Freedom
Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them. Chris Rock
In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. Krzysztof Kieslowski
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it. Voltaire
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. William Butler Yeats Soul Morality
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. Sophocles Present
I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea. Miguel de Cervantes
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. Giovanni Boccaccio
The years like great black oxen tread the world, And God, the herdsman goads them on behind, And I am broken by their passing feet. William Butler Yeats
I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? John Steinbeck
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult. Hippocrates Art
It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything. Ralph Lauren
Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. Federico Fellini
An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. Vincent Van Gogh Art Artist
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh Love
We've seen in the last half century an incredible shift. This is just an extraordinary time to be alive. Neale Donald Walsch
In love, no certainty is ultimate... That elementary thing - the feeling that you are loved - must be certified again and again, because one doubt, one mistake razes everything to madness and ecstasy. Mircea Eliade Love Ecstasy Madness
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. George Eliot
I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. Steven Soderbergh
