"Volunteering is so pervasive it's invisible. We take for granted all the things that have been pioneered by concerned, active volunteers."

“Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.”

“The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.”

“I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?”

Source : Mary Boykin Chesnut (2011). “Mary Chesnut's Diary”, p.228, Penguin

“We fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves.”

“I hate to say stuff like this because everyone dreams about playing The Opry, everyone dreams about playing Gruene Hall, but I've always tried to not concentrate too hard on where I want to go because I know if I put too much stock into it, it would be pretty disappointing if I never got there.”

“Architecture is for the young. If our teenagers don't get architecture - if they are not inspired, (then) we won't have the architecture that we must have if this country is going to be beautiful.”

“Invest less at the end of the month. Brokers tend to push stocks at the end of the month in an effort to match or surpass their previous month's sales.”

“Get comfortable being uncomfortable, that's how you break the plateau and reach the next level.”