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- I think everyone should have a Beatles phase in their life. I think it's part of growing up in the Western world.
- Jadelr and Cristina Cordova, Chasing Windmills, 07-24-06
- The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but there isn't much doubt that I'll always be the 'Dilbert guy.' Unless I go on a crime spree, in which case I'll be 'that stabbin' Dilbert guy.'
- Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Benefits of Getting Old, Dilbert Blog, 08-22-06
- And Sharkey says: Deep in the heart of darkest America. Home of the brave. He says: Listen to my heart beat.
- Laurie Anderson, Sharkey's Night
- It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
- John Wooden (1910 - )
- To be thoroughly conversant with a man's heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of despair.
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
- Fiery colors begin their yearly conquest of the hills, propelled by the autumn winds. Fall is the artist.
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
- Gregory: "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time." Holmes: "That was the curious incident." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), Silver Blaze
- Part of the ability to keep writing over the years comes down to living with the expectation of disappointment. It's the exact opposite of capitalism. In capitalism you want your business to succeed, and to the degree it does your energy increases, and you go out and buy an even bigger business. In writing it's almost the exact opposite. You just want to keep the store going. You're not going to do as well this year as last year probably, but nonetheless let's keep the store going. What ruins most writers of talent is that they don't get enough experience, so their novels tend to develop a certain paranoid perfection.
- Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)
- Everybody's at war with different things...I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.
- Tupac Shakur
- To exraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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