It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are.

The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've discovered about myself and what I can offer in the space of an exhibition - to talk about beauty, to talk about power, to talk about ourselves, and to talk and speak to each other.

God put the human race in charge of managing the resources of the entire planet for the benefit of all life. Therefore, we, of all people on this planet, should be concerned about environmental issues and doing what we can to enhance the beauty and productivity of the natural realm.

The potential in many environmental issues is that if you undertake corrective action without appropriate understanding of the problem, then you wind up doing more harm than good.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

Have the courage of your desire.

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate.

If you die, you're not a failure.

I've always felt very strongly about human rights for blacks, women, and gays. Our Constitution is about equality for all - that's got to mean something to all of us.

I felt sharing my experience may be of value or assistance in some way to others.

Really appreciate the sunset as you're driving home, cursing all the terrible drivers on the road. Be where you are when you're there rather than out there in the future or back there in the past.

I really developed an early love for ballet. Like most dancers, I am still 'first' a dancer. I'm very proud of it. Once you are a dancer, the physicality never leaves you, nor does the strength. Hopefully, it keeps you like an athlete.

I don't see anything degrading about marriage or homemaking, but my husband and I pool the money we earn, along with the jobs around the house.

Daddy was a salesman and away a lot, always working. My mom took me to the movies on Thursday nights because it was dish night, when they gave you a free dish along with your movie ticket.

When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.

I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor.

There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me.

I was torn between the Americanness my mom wanted for me and the Mexicanness my father wanted - they were wrestling for cultural influence over me.

Poetry is how I feed the soul, and it's how I fire the furnace of writing.

I often say poetry was my first love.

I am addicted to poetry, but the truth is I cannot pass up a good hard-boiled mystery.

We're all funny. Humor unites us.

I think we live in a world where the most important thing is daily life: sharing a space with your family, making meals, being with your people. It's not only the idea of privacy, it's the beauty of the moment, at a time in the world when everything goes really fast - too fast.

Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.

Since the day Brahma created the world to this day, no one's ever been able to satisfy a wedding guest. They always find some opportunity or other to find fault and criticise. One who can't even afford a dry piece of bread at home becomes a lord at the wedding party.

Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.

To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.

The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.

Trust is the first step to love.

I believe that if man and woman cherish the same ideals and think alike, then the marriage can be complementary to each other's work instead of being a hindrance.

The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.

Boys are quite often whimsical. Whereas girls are modest by nature and know their responsibilities very well. Their weapons are service, sacrifice, and love, by which they conquer over the males.

Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn't drink it herself - that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young. John Greenleaf Whittier

All the windows of my heart I open to the day.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.