Martin H. Fischer

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

All begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and “unsurrounding” yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.

The love we were promised in fairy tales was never something for us to find. It has always been something for us to create.

Toe: A part of the foot used to find furniture in the dark.

I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

We tell lies when we are afraid, . . . afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.

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

When your life is nearly over, you will regret it if you look back and recall too many nights when you made excuses instead of making love.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

You’re never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.