If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. - Hermann Hesse If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. - Franz Boas Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. - Chuck Palahniuk Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent and advanced mathematicians and physicists. - Terry Pratchett He is still, at times, astonished by her. She may be the most intelligent woman in England, he thinks. Her books may be read for centuries. - Michael Cunningham It is not the strongest of the spe

To tell you the truth, though, I still haven't made up my mind whether I shall publish at all. Tastes differ so widely, and some people are so humourless, so uncharitable, and so absurdly wrong-headed, that one would probably do far better to relax and enjoy life than worry oneself to death trying to instruct or entertain a public which will only despise one's efforts, or at least feel no gratitude for them. - Thomas More The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention. - Eva Gabor I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life. - Larry Holmes Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I c

Tris," he says. "What did they do to you? You're acting like a lunatic." "That's not very nice of you to say," I say. "They put me in a good mood, that's all. And now I really want to kiss you, so if you could just relax- - Veronica Roth Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy. - Rick Allen If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to get me drunk," I said to Ranger. "Not drunk," Ranger said. "Just relaxed and naked. - Janet Evanovich One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We've learned

He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'. - Maryjanice Davidson You're given a large measure of freedom here. If you abuse it, you'll regret it. - John Green Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it's two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone. - Brian Jacques I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else's boat or you'll regret in in the morning. - Michael Lewis Don't do something today you'll regret for the next 10,000 tomorrows. No, you should have done that yesterday. - Jarod Kintz Never do anything you'll regret. Never regret anything you do. - Lea Mishell Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they c

You're given a large measure of freedom here. If you abuse it, you'll regret it. - John Green My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once. - Jeffrey Tambor All we have is now, this moment. If you live in the future, you'll miss things, right here, right now, and you'll regret it later. - Jessica Therrien

This is not a love story. It is my life, and as such, there is love, loss, war, death, and sacrifice. It's about things that needed to be done and choices made. I regret nothing. - Ann Aguirre No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found. - Samuel Beckett To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing. - Adolf Eichmann Know this much:regret nothing. Each part of your journey is essential to the whole. The moment you are experiencing is as important as your destination. Ninetah,the Daskiny Healer in The Traveler - Jenna Lindsey I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing. - W Somerset Maugham I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dyin

you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets. - Ilona Andrews There are no regrets in life, just lessons. - Jennifer Aniston I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. - Alexis Arguello I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion. - Darren Aronofsky His submissive death was the surest proof that he wholly believed the faith he had lived. He had no regrets or misgivings. "One world at a time," he said to Channing, who was speculating on the hereafter. When someone else inquired whether he had made his peace with God, he answered, "We have never quarreled. - Brooks Atkinson At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanation

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain That's because it was the right thing to do. You followed your heart, even though it might get broken. You let it lead you to the path. I've found my path, Dad. Blake's someone I'll never regret. I can't promise how it'll turn out, but my heart can't make any other choice. - Debra Anastasia I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long. - Brian Andreas Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinki

Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end. - Drew Barrymore Never do anything you'll regret. Never regret anything you do. - Lea Mishell Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. - Basil Rathbone

Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped. -from the Prefatory - Mark Twain I am only human, although I regret it. - Mark Twain I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it's happening. - John Lennon I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by 'arisch'. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. - J R R Tolkien If the world ends tomorrow, understand that I regret saying no. - Alex Adams Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it? Ford: We're safe. Arthur: Oh good. Ford: We're in a small galley cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet. Arthur: Ah, this is obviously some stra

I am only human, although I regret it. - Mark Twain Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it? Ford: We're safe. Arthur: Oh good. Ford: We're in a small galley cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet. Arthur: Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of. - Douglas Adams As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. - Stephen Fry Last night I stayed up late talking about tomorrow, and today I regret it because I was way off (by about 24 hours) - Jarod Kintz Mr. Upchurch," she fumbled. "I... I must take my leave directly. But before I go, allow me to say how sorry I am for the callous way I treated you in the past. I regret it most keenly." His heart squeezed even as he felt his b

i don't regret the difficulties I experienced; I think they help helped me to become the person I am today. i feel the way a warrior must feel after years of traning; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right - Paulo Coelho I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears - Paulo Coelho I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals. - Paulo Coelho No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything. - William Shatner I don't regret setting bombs. - Bill Ayers I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good mar

i don't regret the difficulties I experienced; I think they help helped me to become the person I am today. i feel the way a warrior must feel after years of traning; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right - Paulo Coelho I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price, as high as that of slavery; the only difference is that you pay with pleasure and a smile, even when that that smile dimmed by tears - Paulo Coelho I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals. - Paulo Coelho No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything. - William Shatner I don't regret setting bombs. - Bill Ayers I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good mar

Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach. - Paulo Coelho Personally of course I regret everything. Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need, not a grief, not a joy, not a girl, not a boy, not a doubt, not a trust, not a scorn, not a lust, not a hope, not a fear, not a smile, not a tear, not a name, not a face, no time, no place...that I do not regret, exceedingly. An ordure, from beginning to end. - Samuel Beckett I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do. - Rory Cochrane I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business. - Bette Davis As he leans over to kiss me good night, I do not regret having graduated from the amorous sprints of our youths. Marriage is a long-distance course, and reading aloud is a kind of romantic Gatorade formulated to invigorate the

My biggest regret is that I didn't teach my two children how to speak Spanish. - Henry Darrow My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance. - Denis Leary Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done - Chad Michael Murray I wouldn't waste a day, not an hour, not a moment. Take what you want and damn caution. Live, enjoy. Feed ravenously. Or the biggest regret you'll have at the end of your life is wasted time. - Nora Roberts My biggest regret is what I didn't say... (Jake) - Keary Taylor

Why must we all conceal What we think, how we feel? Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide? I won't pretend that I'm Someone else for all time When will my reflection show Who I am inside? - Christina Aguilera I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will war with others, If I refuse to see them. Therefore, I choose to turn away From my reflection, To rely not on myself But on my brothers and sisters, To project always outward Until I disappear [And only God remains.] - Veronica Roth I got out of the tub and had to squelch a scream when I saw my reflection in the vanity mirror. My hair looked like it had taken 2000 volts and been spray starched - Janet Evanovich The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. - Ben Bernanke What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery. - Eric Cantor Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we avoid the full 'Taxmageddon' scenario, President Obama's health care law also contains a new surtax on investment that will take effect in 2013. - John Cornyn The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act. - Joseph Crowley The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a m

We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition. - William Gibson But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. - Michael Shermer

Today there is no symbolic compensation for old age, no recognition of a specific value: wisdom, perceptiveness, experience, vision. - Roland Barthes No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment. - Markus Zusak

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over. - Elvis Presley I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause. - Angelina Jolie

A rebel can be a miserable and contemptible man; but there is nothing contemptible in a revolt as such - and to be a rebel in view of contemporary society does not in itself lower the value of a man. There are even cases in which one might have to honour a rebel,because he finds something in our society against which war ought to be waged - he wakens us from our slumber. - Friedrich Nietzsche If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that. - Mark Driscoll Under tyranny it is right to be a rebel! - Robert Fanney It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel. - Dennis Hopper I was not cut out to be a rebel. - Gene Tierney

Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive. - William S Burroughs The strangeness of Time. Not in its passing, which can seem infinite, like a tunnel whose end you can't see, whose beginning you've forgotten, but in the sudden realization that something finite, has passed, and is irretrievable. - Joyce Carol Oates

At that moment of realization (that union with God is always present), that's when God let me go, let me slide through His fingers with this last compassionate, unspoken message: You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here. - Elizabeth Gilbert At that moment of realization I knew that I had been blind because I had wished not to see; it was only then that I realised, at last, that all these dead men, French and Germans, were brothers, and I was the brother of them all. - Ernst Toller

I have noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. -Ronald Reagan - Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president. - Jesse Jackson Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks. - Richard V Allen I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and we usually spent our time together reminiscing about mutual friends. - James Arness Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes. - Warren Beatty I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can s