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«''Now'' is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.»
«Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.»
«A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.»
«Discoveries are often made by not following instructions, by going off the main road, by trying the untried.»
«Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.»
«All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.»
«Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.»
«Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.»
«Declare today ?sacred time??off-limits to everyone, unless invited by you. Take care of your personal wants and needs. Say no, graciously but firmly, to others? demands.»
«Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even s»

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