Paul Coelho (novelist, Brazilian, 1947-present) ... The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.
Vince Lombardi (football coach, American, 1913-1970) ... Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
Carroll O'Connor (actor, Archie Bunker, American, 1922-2001) ... In a capitalist society, persons who create capital are given the staggering rewards.
Harriet Tubman (activist, American, 1820-1913) ... I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
Michael Abrashoff (Captain, American, US Navy) ... Bad news does not improve with age.
Anais Nin (writer, American, 1903-1977) ... Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Frank Sinatra (singer, American, 1915-1998) ... Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.
Lana Turner (actress, American, 1920-1995) ... A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
Epicurus (philosopher or 'lover of wisdom', Greek, 341-271 BC) ... Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet, Tales of a Wayside Inn, American, 1807-1882 ... Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
Captain Hebron Morris ... The dew lingers deep in the grass long after the sun has risen.
George Jean Nathan (editor, American, 1882-1958) ... Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
Morihei Ueshiba (athlete, Japanese, 1883-1969) Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Fran Lebowitz (writer, American, 1951-present) ... Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
Mencius (philosopher, Chinese, 371-289 BC) ... Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.
Epicurus (philosopher, Greek, 341-271 BC) ... The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
Mignon McLaughlin (journalist, American, 1913-1983) ... What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
Lily Tomlin (actress, American, 1939-present) ... Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Willie Nelson (musician, American, 1933-present) ... Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.
William Feather (writer, American, 1889-1981) ... Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.
Sir Francis Drake (seadog, English, 1540-1596) ... It is not that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.
Homer (poet, Greek, 8th century BC) ... There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
Francis Bacon (polymath, English, 1561-1626) ... God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Charles Spurgeon (clergyman, English, 1834-1892) ... By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Margaret Mead (anthropologist, American, 1901-1978) ... For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
Victor Hugo (writer, French, 1802-1885) ... Toleration is the best religion.
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