Quotations

"What the use of having ignorance if you can't show it?"

— Lou Costello, American comedian, born 1906

"Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning, the faithful horse has been with us always."

— Elizabeth Cotten, American blues singer, born 1893

"The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live."

— Norman Cousins, American political journalist, born 1915

"Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."

— Norman Cousins, American political journalist, born 1915

"I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate -- even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth."

— Norman Cousins, American political journalist, born 1915

"Not every illness can be overcome. But many people allow illness to disfigure their lives more than it should. They cave in needlessly. They ignore and weaken whatever powers they have for standing erect. There is always a margin within which life can be lived with meaning and even with a certain measure of joy, despite illness."

— Norman Cousins, American political journalist, born 1915

"The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."

— Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, born 1910

"A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it."

— Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, born 1910

"Life is an incurable disease."

— Abraham Cowley, English poet, born 1618

"It’s better to be under-trained and rested than to be over-trained and tired."

— Lynne Cox, American swimmer, born 1957

"One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment."

— Hart Crane, American poet, born 1899

"Let me into the darkness again."

— Stephen Crane, American author, born 1871

"In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, who, squatting upon the ground, held his heart in his hands, and ate of it. I said, ‘Is it good, friend?’ ‘It is bitter — bitter,’ he answered, But I like it because it is bitter, And because it is my heart."

— Stephen Crane, American author, born 1871

"The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."

— Cindy Crawford, American model, born 1966