Thomas Jefferson

The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk; but divert yourself by the objects surrounding you. Walking is the best possible exercise.

Unattributed

In antiquity, modest utilitarian objects, whether household or personal, were often treated by craftsman with the same creative attention and skill as monumental art.

--Description of a hand mirror, Greek, 500 to 480 BC, bronze. The J Paul Getty Museum: Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (2002), page 109.

Anna Quindlen

A finished person is a boring person.