There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people; we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

Someone saying 'Allahu Akbar' is about as offensive as someone saying 'Thank God'.

John McCain

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

Pat Robertson

Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Dorothea Brande

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

Mahatma Gandhi

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

William Landay

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

Moliere

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.

Isabelle Adjani

The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness.

Dita Von Teese

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

Dennis Quaid

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.

Herbert Simon

The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask without it.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Joe Paterno