“My outlook is that life is like a self-service restaurant and you have to help yourself. Sometimes when you see what the other fella has got, you want some of it too.”

“You know what my philosophy of life is? That it’s important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

“I wouldn't put a date on that pancake day anyway, just av 'em when you want, have it when you want. There's no big deal. You've got to make 'em yourself, it's not like some place is openin' to do it. Have em when you want. I don't know why that's got a special day on it, sick-of-it”

Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer

“Now Everybody has some secret goals in life… Sometimes you can get what you want and what you need at the sames time.”

Robert Fulghum book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“Whatever you want in your life, other people are going to want too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.”

Diane Sawyer (1945) American journalist

“As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others. ”

John Travolta (1954) American actor, dancer and singer

“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.”

Garrison Keillor (1942) American radio host and writer

“Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too-even when you are in the dark. Even when you're falling.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams