Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request. – Arthur Helps, Essays Written in Intervals of Business, 1841
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed — it is a process of elimination. – Elbert Hubbard
Bloombergs $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently. – Jeff Goodell
It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery. – Conrad Hall
It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson
