I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbir

Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is.

Joan Gilbertson

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Plato

Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.

Martin Luther

I have two very rare photographs. One is a picture of Houdinilocking his keys in his car. The other is a rare photograph ofNorman Rockwell beating up a child.

Steven Wright

The United States finds itself with forces of reaction. Do I have to demonstrate this? The Taliban's annihilation of music and culture? The enslavement of women?

Christopher Hitchens

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Plato

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau

Any artist should be grateful for a na?ve grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

Saul Bellow

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

Kamisese Mara

To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.

William Shakespeare

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany.

Gordon Sinclair