"Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless."

Max Born

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Be careful not to fail your advocates. Everyone needs a fan club."

personal

"Irrespective of race, gender, religion, or culture, greatness is the destiny of divine heritage. Who am I to stand in the way?"

personal

"Be a great painter, Asher Lev." He was still looking out the window at the sun and the sky. "That will be the only justification for all the pain your art will cause."

Chaim Potok

"I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true."

Walt Disney

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

Walt Disney

"Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path."

Scandinavian Proverb

"The best mirror is an old friend."

George Herbert

"There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time."

Rebecca West

"Art is not devoid of reason or intellect. It's packed with it. It's just not driven by it. How can I put this? Maybe it's that the artist is like a train riding on the tracks of experience and logic, but the steam which drives him or her is emotion and vision."

Steve Cook

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Voltaire

"Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level."

Max L. Forman

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends."

Czech Proverb

"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity."

Francis Maitland Balfour

"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better."

Maya Angelou

"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."

Edgar Watson Howe

"For an intended art object to be aesthetically pleasing, it must be disengaged from our practical needs and concerns."

Jay Welch

"Que saudade!

The word saudade (sah-ooh-dah-jee) has no direct translation in English, and it's a major source of linguistic pride for Brazilians. Use Que saudade! (kee sah-ooh-dah-jee) when you miss something so desperately, you have a heartache over it. People say Que saudade! when they remember their best friend who's now living far away, or their childhood beach. Brazilians also often say simply Saudades! at the end of e-mails to tell you they're missing you terribly."
 
- Cida Vanderplas

"Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

Elbert Hubbard

"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends."

Japanese Proverb

"My friends are my estate."

Emily Dickinson

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

George Washington

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman?

Oliver Wendell Holmes