Quotes of the day, November 17
The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.
Herbert Spencer
September 10
A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.
William Hazlitt
September 9
Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice.
Aristotle
September 8
A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure.
Tony Orlando
September 7
What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans.
Vincent Van Gogh
September 6
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
Madeleine Stowe
