Quotations

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

— Shirley Temple, American actress, born April 23, 1928

"An hour of anxiety cannot change my circumstances, but a minute of prayer can alter everything."

— Elbridge Bryant, American singer, born September 28, 1939

"Some nights we open up the flood and some nights we are lost and some nights we're chocking on the words but some we light on fire."

— Vienna Teng, American singer, born October 3, 1978

"Michelangelo said the mirror is our greatest teacher. My use of mirrors in my work helps me uncover psychic layers. Often, the face is distorted in the mirror so it is much more than a simple reflection. Sometimes something surprising emerges – some darkness or secret appears without us knowing why or giving it permission."

— Joyce Tenneson, American photographer, born May 29, 1945

"I never chased after any particular school, never really had mentors; I really just did the work that was true to me."

— Joyce Tenneson, American photographer, born May 29, 1945

"A true portrait can never hide the inner life of its subject. It is interesting that in our culture we hide and cover the body, yet our faces are naked. Through a person’s face we can potentially see everything—the history and depth of that person’s life as well as their connection to an even deeper universal presence."

— Joyce Tenneson, American photographer, born May 29, 1945

"Love is the only gold."

— Alfred Tennyson, English poet, born August 6, 1809

"The very belief that violence is unavoidable is a root cause of violence."

— Lobsang Tenzin, Fifth Samdhong Rinpoche, born November 5, 1939

"My brain is only a receiver; in the universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists."

— Nikola Tesla, Serbian American inventor, born July 10, 1856

"It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject."

— Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer, born October 30, 1954

"No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing nothing except erasing their magic."

— Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer, born October 30, 1954

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."

— Margaret Thatcher, First female Prime Minister of the UK, born October 13, 1925

"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."

— Robert Thaves, Creator of the comic strip Frank and Ernest, born October 5, 1924

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

— Danny Thomas, American actor, born January 6, 1912