"Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled."

“Style is all about your individual sense of how you want to present yourself to the world. It's about loving what you've got instead of wishing for what you're not.”

“As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.”

“People see the wrongness in an idea much quicker that the rightness.”

“With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character.”

Source : Nicholas A. Basbanes (1995). “A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books”, Henry Holt & Company

“It was one of the charms of the International Zone that you could get anything you wanted if you paid for it. Do anything, too, for that matter; - there were no incorruptibles. It was only a question of price.”

“I get a lot of dramas, but I'd like to do a romantic comedy type of movie; that'd be a nice step for me. No more screaming or running or shooting... for one movie where I can just be in love with a boy.”

“It's up to you to make your own destiny and not up to destiny to make you”

“Network marketing is the only industry that allows common people to earn millions with a minimal investment and zero overhead, coupled with total time freedom and the joy of global travel. There are three magic words that worked for all of us who have made it to the pinnacle and they'll work for you: 'Just don't quit.'”

Source : Mark Yarnell, Rene Reid Yarnell (2010). “Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams!”, p.287, Three Rivers Press