While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.', Oscar Wilde', Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear.', Henry David Thoreau', US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

You create your opportunities by asking for them.', Patty Hansen, Prevention Magazine, 11-05',

The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once.', Quentin Crisp',

He who lives by the sword, will eventually be wiped out by some bastard with a sawn off shotgun', Steady Eddy',