I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.

Never give up on what makes you smile

I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; its loneliness.

I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.

Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot.

Competition in spiritual matters brings confusion.

A smile, like the poet's muse, Inspires passion in the lover's heart

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known.

As Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions.

Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who's dating who. Scandal is 1.2 million people living in tents in Haiti.

Showing strength is different than showing muscle.

In an inconspicuous way, Gretchen Parlato knows how to play the same instrument that Frank Sinatra played. There's no one out there like Gretchen.