"Summer afternoon--summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." Henry James, author "When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which openfor us." Alexander Graham Bell, inventor "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." Pablo Picasso, artist
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"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything." Aesop, author "A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." Benjamin Franklin, inventor and politician "What I know is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come." Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and entrepreneur
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"In a real estate man's eye, the most expensive part of the city is where he has a house to sell." Will Rogers, humorist "Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource--the minds of our children." Walt Disney, cartoonist and entrepreneur "Insomnia is my greatest inspiration." Jon Stewart, comedian