Catch-and-release, that's like running down pedestrians in your car and then, when they get up and limp away, saying -- Off you go! That's fine. I just wanted to see if I could hit you. 

~ Ellen DeGeneres, comedian, television host, and actress (b. 26 Jan 1958) 

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. 

~ William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965) 

The gods of the valley are not the gods of the hills. 

~ Ethan Allen, revolutionary (21 Jan 1738-1789) 

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography. 

~ Federico Fellini, film director, and writer (20 Jan 1920-1993) 

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. 

~ Edgar Allan Poe, poet and short-story writer (19 Jan 1809-1849) 

If triangles had a God, he would have three sides. 

~  Charles de Montesquieu, philosopher and writer (18 Jan 1689-1755) 

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist. 

~ Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (15 Jan 1929-1968) 

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. 

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi and professor (11 Jan 1907-1972) 

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. 

~ Konrad Adenauer, statesman (5 Jan 1876-1967) 

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. 

~ Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4 Jan 1883-1969) 

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. 

~ E. M. Forster, novelist (1 Jan 1879-1970) 

An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. 

~ Henri Matisse, artist (31 Dec 1869-1954) 

The most important discoveries will provide answers to questions that we do not yet know how to ask and will concern objects we have not yet imagined. 

~ John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (30 Dec 1935-2005) 

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all. 

~ Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (29 Dec 1876-1973) 

In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. 

~ Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator, and author (28 Dec 1902-2001)

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. 

~ Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (25 Dec 1642-1727

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. 

~ Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (23 Dec 1908-2002) 

No one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell. 

~ Charles de Lint, writer (b. 22 Dec 1951)