I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.

Anon., Unattributed Author, Spec

It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us.

Source Unknown

The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.

Lisa Unger

Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged.

Michel de Montaigne

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there

Henry Vaughan

Exuberance is beauty.

William Blake

So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it's really sad because I know that when I started singing and stuff it was something that I always wanted to do and I never believed in myself to be able to do it.

Hilary Duff

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Lord Chesterfield

Islam is at once the most and the least interesting of the world's monotheisms. It builds upon its primitive Jewish and Christian predecessors, selecting a chunk here and a shard there, and thus if these fall, it partly falls also.

Christopher Hitchens

Live truth instead of professing it.

Elbert Hubbard

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion

Bertrand Russell

My watch is three hours fast, and I can't fix it. So I'm goingto move to New York.

Steven Wright