The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

– Barack Obama

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

– Bruce Lee

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

– Dave Barry

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.

– Haruki Murakami

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

– Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

– Helen Hunt Jackson

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

– Benjamin Franklin

Don’t call it dream. Call it a plan.

Let go of something old that no longer serves you in order to make room for something new.

– Roy T. Bennett

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

– George Carlin

What good has impatience ever brought? It has only served as the mother of mistakes and the father of irritation.

– Steve Marabol

I cannot let the fear of the past color the future.

– Julie Kagawa

Sad things happen. They do. But we don’t need to live sad forever.

– Mattie Stepanek

«Strap-on» spelled backward is «no parts».

My dad has blond hair, my grandmother has blue eyes. My daughter has blue eyes and blond hair. So it is pretty funny to me that I’m so heavily identified as an Asian person.

– Ruthie Ann Miles

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

– Albert Einstein

I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

– Hope Solo

I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can’t get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That’s in friendship, that’s a deal, that’s a commitment. Don’t give me paper – I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that’s for life.

– Jerry Lewis

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don’t know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.

– Isabel Allende

We stick kids in classrooms 7 hours a day, give them another few hours of homework, actively discourage them from playing outside, and then wonder why kids today are so out of shape.

You will never get everything in life but you will get enough.

– Sanhita Barua

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

– Mignon McLaughlin

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.

– Anna Freud

I don’t like people around me sad. I like making people happy.

– Tyler, The Creator

A smile is the best way to get oneself out of a tight spot, even if it is a fake one. Surprisingly enough, everyone takes it at face value. I read that in a book.”

– Naruto Shippude