Smileand Quotes

#1. If you gave me just a coin for every time we say goodbyeWell I'd be rich beyond my dreams, I'm sorry for my weary lifeI know I'm not perfect but I can smileand I hope that you see this heart behind my tired eyes.

Dido Armstrong

#2. I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

Frederick Salomon Perls

#3. You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.

Laura Ziskin

#4. All this time you were growing into words and feelings; my beautiful brown boy, who would soon come into the knowledge, who would soon comprehend the edicts of his galaxy, and all the extinction-level events that regarded you with a singular and discriminating interest.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#5. More than we sleep, play, or make love, we work. Yet despite - or perhaps because of - this dominant daily grind, much of our literature is biased toward other pursuits.

Paul Di Filippo

#6. The best is a matter of standards - and I set my own standards.

Ayn Rand

#7. Work, ah! that talisman to guard one against one's self.

Rosa Campbell Praed

#8. Lenore, it's simply that I love you. You know that. Every fiber of your being is loved by every fiber of my being. The thought of things about you, concerning you, troubling you, that I don't know about, makes blood run from my eyes, on the inside.

David Foster Wallace

#9. You cannot decide how many children your parents will give birth to, but you can identify the sibling(s) (if any) with whom you can have a healthy relationship.

Widad Akreyi

#10. I'm an old man now. I can't believe it. I'm listening to all sorts because I'm producing people.

Edwyn Collins