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“Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.”
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“Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.”
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“I'm sure you get the best out of people if you look for the best in them. People don't need to be told when they've done something wrong - they know it without having to be told.”
Source : "Richard Branson: Interview With ORIGIN Magazine" by Maranda Pleasant and Gina G. Murdock, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012. 
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“In them, she saw the sham of her life laid out like a book, the foolish belief that she, that anyone, could escape the consequences of this world, could flee from death. That was the deceit. The true serpent in the garden.”
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“Kermit was the Everyman, the original Tom Hanks, but I have a special place in my heart for Fozzie Bear. The classic borderline hacky entertainer.”
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“You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.”
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“Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born in the hippocampus that ultimately differentiate into fully functional neurons.”
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“My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book -- and probably will.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
