Julian Barnes Quote

More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling i...

Through challenge and difficulty, we learn to see life differently than before.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

Traces of the same spiritual concepts and symbolism that enlighten the Egyptian texts are found all around the world among cultures that we can be certain were never in direct contact. Straightforward...

Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.

In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators.

Young women today feel vulnerable to judgment; if a harsh sentence is passed (or even suspected or projected), it is not her reputation that suffers so much as the stability of her moral universe. The...

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll st...

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debris will gather elsewhere.