I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural. – Carl Sandburg
To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture. – Pablo Picasso
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. – Ralph Bunche
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men — from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. Its the core of what Im about and what the people around me hopefully are about. Its a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. Its the biggest factor in everything I do. – Tommy Mottola
