When you’re young, you’re always wondering when you’re actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There’s a danger to feeling like an adult… like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it’s really nice. Drew Barrymore Read Quote
The N.F.L.’s rule on underclassmen should be abolished, and the N.B.A. should be discouraged from adding an age limit. David Shields Read Quote
I fell in love with Norman Mailer’s ‘Of a Fire on the Moon’, a description of the 1969 moon landing and the society that had produced NASA – and was inspired by him to begin a kind of anthropology of modern life. Alain de Botton Read Quote
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear. Diane Kruger Read Quote
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. Munshi Premchand Read Quote
I’ve learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration. Emmitt Smith Read Quote
Acupuncture was a saving grace. It helps more than anything else I tried. Everyone with endometriosis should give acupuncture a shot, at least once. Molly Qerim Read Quote
I can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first. Dwayne Johnson Read Quote
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. Calvin Coolidge Read Quote
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. Michel de Montaigne Read Quote
