"Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered." — John Updike

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." — John Lennon

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." — Margaret Thatcher

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." — Ingrid Bergman

"To be is to do." — Immanuel Kant

"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together." — Georg C. Lichtenberg

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'." — Henry Moore

"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time." — Jean Paul

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." — Benjamin Franklin