Gustav Mahler - If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

Harriet Tubman - I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

Victoria Alexander - There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and to know that the words have been heard.

Gustav Mahler - Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.

Amy Harmon - I would remember how I had wanted her and hated her and wished she would leave me alone and never let me go. And I would miss her.

Cornelius Vanderbilt - If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.

Harmon Killebrew - My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’ ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising b

Ashley Hetherington - In stressful times, it's okay to not be perfect. Cut yourself some slack. Because right now, you might not be your best self, but you are growing and you are trying your best. An

Willard Wigan - As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.

Peter Schiff - What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.

Howard Dean - From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

J. D. Salinger - I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

Euripides - If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.

J.R.R. Tolkein - I will not say: Do not weep; For not all tears are evil.

Aja Naomi King - If I had a afternoon, I would play music, sit in my backyard, and drink coffee.

Sonia Sotomayor - I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.