Always do more than is required of you.

Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

Ambrose Bierce

Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.

Dorothy Parker

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Oscar Wilde

A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!

Golda Meir

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'

Barack Obama

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

Hillary Clinton

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

Nathaniel Branden

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right

William Cowper

Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Eric Hoffer

There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.

Tom Colicchio

I want a pit crew... I hate the procedure I currently have to go through when I have car problems.

Dave Barry

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Aung San Suu Kyi