Chinese Proverb

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

The point of quotations is that one can use another’s words to be insulting.

Come to me, wild and untamed. Bring the oceans on your lips, the mountains on your spine; I want to explore all the places you have ever called home. Let me pluck each petal from the gardens you’ve grown, overcrowded seedlings pushing up through your bones. Come to me dipped in the stars, come to me wearing all your scars. I want to show you just how beautiful you are.

The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.

I know nothing and my heart aches.

You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’

I don’t believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

The present method of producing milk is too laborious. I believe that we can make milk by scientific process, eliminating the cow.