I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Work alone is noble.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.

Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.

My assumption was that people are already motivated to go to a fitness class. That's who I am. I was already ready to go out there and get to class. All I needed was a search tool. But it turns out people need more than that, and that's why gym memberships exist.

Some people have that school of thought where fitness isn't enjoyable, but we're making it enjoyable, I think, by making it more fun, challenging, and engaging rather than this boring thing that you have to do. It's about using technology and data to change this experience.

Focus on your product. A lot of people focus on the name of their brand or the legal aspects, but it's more important to create your product. It's why people join. It's your vision. Without your product, nothing is going to happen.

Sometimes people go to a yoga class and think it's not for them, but it might just not be the right studio or teacher - try a new one!

To me, I will be a stronger person if I'm moving forward, doing the work I want, and continue to drive: force the purpose that I want to create versus doing what other people think I should be doing, which is never a way to live.

The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words.

Chocolate is the go-to ingredient for many people. It is the thing people crave when they are happy and celebrate; it is also the go-to ingredient for many people when we are sad or depressed. It makes us feel better.

My mom was a rescue veterinarian, and I grew up helping her nurse injured animals back to health. Any deer hit by a car, fox caught in a trap, whatever it was that got hurt, everyone brought them to my mom.

I actually have a pig collection in my cabin: all types of old wood hand-carved pigs that my mom started for me as a housewarming gift.

As chefs, especially pastry chefs, your creativity plays such an important part in your daily work. We truly do have a blank canvas to work with every time we create a new dish.

I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy.

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?