Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything...away.
Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
If it must be enjoyed, then it must be done. And if it must be done, then it must be done well. If it is done well, it is enjoyed well.
Ah" said Dumbledore gently, "Yes I thought we might hit that little snag!" "Snag?" said Fudge, his voice still vibrating with joy. "I see no snag, Dumbledore!" "Well," said Dumbledore apologetically, "I'm afraid I do." "Oh, really?" "Well it's just t...
Well, next time that Gerry Rees comes in, send him to me,” Lois threatened. “I’ll wait until he’s nice and distracted and then boom, I’ll pull out the brass knuckles!” “You’ll do no such thing!” Maggie warned her. “That’d hurt e...
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I know she meant to kill me 'fore the Doc put her to sleep, which how exactly does that work anyhow? Dr. Simon Tam: Safeword. The people who helped me break River out - they had intel that River and the other subjects were bei...
Is being single hard? It depends where your mind is. If you are focused, being single is an enjoyable experience, but if you hate being alone, you'll hate being single. I think it depends on the individual are where they are in life.
Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul.
We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.
There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future.
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
The country was a dreamland; and perhaps it even reminded my wife's grandfather of the night he woke up drunk in his friend's house, beside his friend's wife, everything similar but new, different, better. The United States of America was like an ete...
Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
To be human is easy, to be a human being is difficult.
The smallest thing outlives the human being.
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
It is easy to be born, it is difficult to be a human being.
Being loved is the best way of being useful.
