famous life quotes

Let's go ahead and assume that you're not a music nut like me, and you have no idea who Tom Waits is. Waits is a musician, writer, composer and actor that has been changing the landscape of American music and film for decades. His vocal…

When it comes to writing about life and love, very few have done it as well as Sylvia Plath. Plath basically defined the art of what is known as confessional poetry. Plath battled with depression and eventually took her own life, but not…

Author: Chase Holik Success can be defined in many different ways. The worst thing that you can do is let someone else determine how you will be successful. Success isn’t all about making a lot of money or having fancy cars to drive around…

Comedians are a joy in our lives. They make us laugh at the world around us, and ourselves, and help us to take things less seriously. When we want to share a good time with our friends, when we want to take our mind off something, when we…

On August 11th 2014, the world lost one of it's greatest talents. I wish there were better words for me to express how I really feel about Robin's exit from this world, but I think his Daughter Zelda Williams said it best with this quote…

Humans are interesting creatures. We experience things differently from each other and our perception truly dictates our reality. However, when we are faced with certain things, our reactions and behaviours are usually similar. For…

In American literature, there are few names that are as iconic as that of Mark Twain. Twain might not have known it at the time, but in my opinion, he was the original life coach. He sought to inspire people to live the kind of life that…

I don't throw around the words "hero" or "icon" very much, but Charles Bukowski falls into both categories for me. He was a man who wrote beautiful things about some of the darkest aspects of life. In 1946 Bukowski started a 10 year long,…

Every generation has it's influences, and few have been as powerful as the impression left by Dr. Maya Angelou. As a young black woman being raised in the south in a period of racial discrimination, Maya's unstoppable spirit shone through…

For the last 20 years or so, I have actively studied psychology. Not because I do it for a living, or have any aspirations to - but because the brain fascinates me. Psychology transcends gender, race, age, and culture. One name that always…