"One always has to spoil a picture a little bit, in order to finish it." Eugene Delacroix
"I attribute my success to this—I never gave or took any excuse." Florence Nightingale
"When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of her experience." Mary Hunter Austin
"Go away. I'm all right." Herbert George Wells
"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part." Mickey Mantle
"Many aspects of my method are based on my feeling and experience. For instance, I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it—and, more important, *I* like to give it." Julia Child