I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. – Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, 1911
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless. – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life. – Wade Boggs