Andre Dubus

If a man does his best, what else is there? (General George S. Patton)

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. (Umberto Eco)

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met onthe street. (Elbert Hubbard)

We are all atheists about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in.Some of us just go one god further. (Richard Dawkins)

Dancing is silent poetry. (Simonides)

If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars. (J. Paul Getty)

Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. (George Burns)

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. (definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy)