"Everyone knows the more you chase something the faster it runs and the more you ignore something the faster it comes."

“Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.”

Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session”

“If you try in whatever ways you can to brighten someone's day, to be fair and respectful to everyone, and to grow your network without being "networky", you will be a rockstar. Have a plan, but be willing to deviate from it if awesome opportunities arise. While it's important to think about your future and what you want to be doing in 5 years, don't let that plan be so concrete that you ignore opportunities around you.”

Source : "What advice would you give to a young designer?". www.jessicahische.is.

“If you see a man who has sinned and you do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know the grace of God.”

“We are responsible for one another. Collectively so. The world is a joint effort. We might say it is like a giant puzzle, and each one of us is a very important and unique part of it. Collectively, we can unite and bring about a powerful change in the world. By working to raise our awareness to the highest possible level of spiritual understanding, we can begin to heal ourselves, then each other and the world.”

“In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.”

“All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I write as if I were American. You take other peoples backgrounds and characters; Keats called it negative capability.”

“Art is the beginning of vision into the realm of eternal life.”

“I had a ploughman's lunch the other day. He wasn't very happy.”

Source : "Tommy Cooper: the best quotes" by Michael Hogan, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2014.