I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

Henry Miller

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody -- somewhere -- was practicing more than me.

Larry Bird

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Dean Acheson

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Warren Buffett

My mother is a special education teacher but also an artist, and my father an advertising executive. They are about as wacky as you can get without being alcoholics.

Sloane Crosley

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

Sir John Mortimer

That's one of the most exciting things about Michigan's future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.

Jennifer Granholm

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

Arthur C. Clarke

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Aesop

We are enjoying sluggish times and not enjoying them very much.

George Bush

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

Nikolai Gogol

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.

Russ Feingold