Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened. — anonymous

Midlife — when you decide not to kill yourself because you realize you are going to die anyway. — anonymous

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. — Mary Kay Ash (1915 – 2001), founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business because we'd be cynical. Well that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. — Ray Bradbury

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth. — Pearl S. Buck

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. — Paul Cezanne

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. — Tom Clancy (1947 –), author

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Winston Churchill

Good artists borrow; great artists steal. — Salvador Dali

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spaceship Earth: The problem for the passengers is that there is no manual to identify all the parts, and no instructions on how to operate the spaceship. — Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895 – 1983), inventor

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. — Dee Hock, Founder of Visa

We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question. — Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. — Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)

When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction. — Ginger Rogers (1911 – 1995), actress and dancer

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money, only for wanting to keep your own money. — Joseph Sobran

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. — James Stephen

Every so often, I like to go to the window, look up, and smile for a satellite picture. — Steven Wright

Women are adaptable to what the man presents to her. If he presents affection she presents affection. If he presents anger then that is what she gives back. And if he present stupidity, then she adapts to the fact that she has to do the thinking for the both of them. — Tina Cleland

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? — Linda Ellerbee

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. — Erica Jong

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman. — Maryon Pearson

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on. — Roseanne

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. — Gloria Steinem

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. — Gloria Steinem

There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals. There's still a negative attitude in our society towards women who use a strength that's inherent - their femininity - in any way that might be considered seductive. - Demi Moore

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. - Barbra Streisand

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good. - Barbra Streisand

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. - Barbra Streisand

Bitches. It's a very male-chauvinist word. I resent it deeply. A person who's a bitch would seem to be mean for no reason. I'm not a mean person. Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it - that's possible. - Barbra Streisand

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror... - Barbra Streisand

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now. - Angelina Jolie

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. - Angelina Jolie

I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. - Angelina Jolie

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess. - Angelina Jolie

If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it. - Drew Barrymore

If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something. - Drew Barrymore

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning. - Drew Barrymore

Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. - Drew Barrymore

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. - Drew Barrymore

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing." - Agatha Christie

"Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice." -Agatha Christie