America and its demons, Europe and its ghost.

I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.

Jodi Picoult

Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.

John Lothrop Motley

Birds have wings they're free they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

Roger Tory Peterson

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

Ray Bradbury

He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.

Master Kahn

There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, “Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,” and an optimist who says, “Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.” Either way, nothing happens.

Yvon Chouinard

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Andre Maurois

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Sam Abell

In a certain sense every creative person is a reformer, but this does not mean that he must be in his work a propagandist for good roads, shorter hours, and a low tariff. All these are excellent things, but they need not be the concern of the artist.

Heywood Broun, "New York World",

I'm a private guy, and you don't want to be out there preaching to people. But faith leads you in the decisions you make. You don't always pick the right path, but it's there in your conscience.

Tim McGraw

Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I believe that the differences of faith are not the real reason for these conflicts.

Alcee Hastings

I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.

Daniel Radcliffe