Quotations

"A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said I love your picture—they're wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera, he said nothing until dinner was finished, then: that was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove."

— Sam Haskins, British photographer, born 1926

"Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day."

— Robert Hass, American poet, born 1941

"To me, money is alive. It is almost human. If you treat it with real sympathy and kindness and consideration, it will be a good servant and work hard for you, and stay with you and take care of you. If you treat it arrogantly and contemptuously, as if it were not human, as if it were only a slave and could work without limit, it will turn on you with great revenge and leave you to look after yourself alone."

— Katherine Hathaway, American author, born 1890

"It is that dream we carry that something miraculous will happen that it must happen - that time will open that the heart will open that doors will open and that the rock face will open that springs will gush forth - that the dream will open and that one morning we'll glide in to a harbor we didn't know was there."

— Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet, born 1908

"Very often, people are obsessed with what others think of them. It's like if a flower wants to be a cactus or a palm but it's not. A flower is a flower, and that's enough. That's all you have to do is be a flower."

— Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist, born 1986

"We have a rock audience, classical audience, metal, pop - everything. We unite them all."

— Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist, born 1986

"My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work, and that's really the truth."

— Richie Havens, American singer, born 1941

"When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannot interrupt your consciousness; it all comes from the subconscious, it can happen anywhere. It could be in a telephone booth."

— Richie Havens, American singer, born 1941

"My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, my dad sells money, and my dad figures stuff out. My son said, I've never seen my dad do work. It's true. Skateboarding doesn't seem like real work, but I'm proud of what I do."

— Tony Hawk, American skateboarder, born 1968

"There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. However bad life may seem, while there is life, there is hope."

— Stephen Hawking, English physicist, born 1942

"I believe things cannot make themselves impossible."

— Stephen Hawking, English physicist, born 1942

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

— Stephen Hawking, English physicist, born 1942

"Not only does God play dice, but he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen."

— Stephen Hawking, English physicist, born 1942

"It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up."

— Goldie Hawn, American actress, born 1945