And what of failure?"He shrugged."The consequence of not succeesing.Remember what Homer said.Circumstances rule men, not men circumstances.

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.

If all my friends jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them. I'd be at the bottom, hoping to catch them.

Follow your heart. It rarely leads you astray. It's thinking that gets us into trouble.

It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.

Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS

If what you know and what you love are the same thing, that's great. But if not, write what you love. I love history, secrets, conspiracies, action, adventure, international settings.

The people can be forced to fear, but not to love.

It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Destiny is very jealous FOR TRUE LOVE

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

Tennis is such an individual and competitive sport, but it is great being part of a team and getting to know the girls outside of tennis - even though we are all competing for the same thing!

To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not.

I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong.

Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills.

You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.