Quotations

"Work is what you do for others. Art is what you do for yourself."

— Stephen Sondheim, American composer, born March 22, 1930

"I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia."

— Cher, American singer, born May 20, 1946

"Style is inborn. Fashion you can learn. Fashion is all around. It is fleeting. It goes by. Style is your core and soul. You have it or you don't. You can educate yourself as much as you want, but I don't think you can truly possess it if you didn't have it from the beginning."

— Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model, born December 26, 1971

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. That's the beauty of being alive. We can always start all over again. Enjoy God's amazing opportunities bestowed on us. Have faith in Him always."

— Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint, born January 7, 1844

"I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them."

— Bernadette Soubirous, French nun, died April 16, 1879

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

— Alfred D. Souza, Australian inspirational writer, philosopher

"There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?"

— Wole Soyinka, Nigerian poet, Nobel Prize laureate, born July 13, 1934

"Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion."

— Wole Soyinka, Nigerian poet, Nobel Prize laureate, born July 13, 1934

"I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling, to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift."

— Kevin Spacey, American actor, born July 26, 1959

"I have always believed that the risk takers are eventually rewarded."

— Kevin Spacey, American actor, born July 26, 1959

"The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines."

— James Spader, American actor, born February 7, 1960

"Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that."

— Esperanza Spalding, American singer, born 1984

"Small happiness is generous, if you win $12 million, you'll hide it from your friends, but if you're given a free pizza, you'll share it with everyone."

— Sparrow, American poet, activist, and musician, born October 2, 1953

"With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt... because love is an amazing feeling."

— Britney Spears, American recording artist, born December 2, 1981