"How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise"

“Getting everything you want has nothing to do with anything.”

“One may as well go, as look into another man's house; because the eye may reach what the hand cannot.”

“If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.”

“In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it. The amateurs pretend they're not.”

Source : "The Art of Asking". Book by Amanda Palmer, blog.amandapalmer.net. November 11, 2014.

“The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.”

Source : John Marshall (1974). “The Papers of John Marshall: Correspondence, papers, and selected judicial opinions, March 1814-December 1819”, The University of North Carolina Press

“People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen.And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.”

Source : Song: Funny Little World, Album: Fairytales, 2009

“I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.”

“I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.”