“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.”
Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding
On not cutting her hair
Powergirls Magazine Cover Story
“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.”
Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding
James D. Watson (1928) American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
Source: What I've Learned: James Watson (2007)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone
A Treasury of Inspirational Thoughts (2004) by S.P. Sharma, p. 41.
Disputed
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone
Engraving at Bell Labs as quoted in Comprehending and Decoding the Cosmos: Discovering Solutions to Over a Dozen Cosmic Mysteries by Jerome Drexler (2006). p. viii.
Disputed
John Burdett (1951) British crime novelist
The Odd Case of Dr Jenak, Ch. 24.
“Do something about your long filthy hair / It looks like a rat's nest”
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) American singer-songwriter
Cut the Mullet
Lyrics, Solo
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
Henry David Thoreau Letters to Various Persons
Letter to Harrison Blake (16 November 1857)
Source: Letters to Various Persons
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
1910s, A Treatise on Parents and Children (1910)
Context: The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active, which is pleasanter than any happiness until you are tired of it.
Brandon Flowers (1981) American indie rock singer
When asked by Rolling Stone if he was "psyched" to be nominated for another Grammy.
"Grammy Preview: The Killers," Rolling Stone magazine (issue 993), February 9, 2006
Jonathan Ive (1967) English designer and VP of Design at Apple
On how he felt when he used a Mac for the first time at college, in an interview at the Design Museum (2003)[citation needed]