A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Jonathan Swift

Choose your companions from the best Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.

William Butler Yeats

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

Mark Twain

I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research--I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories...

Ozzy Osbourne

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.

Emma Goldman

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Horace

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

Dalai Lama

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

Ashley Montagu

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

W. C. Fields

Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.

Rita Mae Brown

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

K. D. Lang

I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings.

Ryan Reynolds