No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. Robert Frost
These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. Tom Bodett
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Adams
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. Shirley Chisholm
You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience. David Carson
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. Denis Diderot
The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself. Molière
You can fix it now on the drafting board with an eraser or you can fix it later on the construction site with a sledge hammer. Frank Lloyd Wright
Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts. El Lissitzky
This feeling of discomfort you have: If you can live with it your entire life, you’ll be unusually successful. Because you have to survive somehow. For those of you on autopilot, you don’t have to work that hard. That’s why I’ve changed fields a lot, because once I know how to do something, I lose interest. And you don’t grow. So I’d say it’s good you don’t fit in. John Maeda
Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep. Archilochus
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Shirley Jackson