How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Henry David Thoreau

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

Maya Angelou

I’m not Russell Crowe. I’m not going to do a period piece.

Kevin Hart

One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.

Mary Oliver

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.

Albert Einstein

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Oprah Winfrey

Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.

H. L. Mencken

Nowadays you don’t need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, and if you happen to be a senator, a CEO or a celebrity, you have a thousand people each with their own respective audiences to hold you accountable.

Bernie Sanders

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient.

Fidel Castro