"Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger."

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”

Source : Henry Van Dyke, “Time Is”

“Philosophers say that perfection is unattainable. Lithographers redefine perfection according to SEMI standards.”

“I knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about Sam Houston's disastrous first marriage - -sold well and got attention, but my second book - -Promised Lands, about the Texas Revolution - -didn't.”

Source : Source: www.elizabethcrookbooks.com

“I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!”

“I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.”

“Well, I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I've used them for many, many years.”

“Personally I didn't believe God had a private torture chamber. Hell was being cut off from God, cut off from his power, his energy, Him.”

“O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, James Shirley (1778). “The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: Laws of candy. False one. Little French lawyer. Tragedy of Valentinian. Monsieur Thomas”, p.416