Among the calamities of war, may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.

The number of those who have nothing to recommend them and of those in whom nothing but good can be found is probably equal

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.

Jil Sander

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion.

Toni Morrison

I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

Ken Follet

The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.

Andy Rooney

My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.'

Mindy Kaling

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

David Herbert Lawrence

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice.

Tom Coburn

An empire is an immense egotism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are selling dreams. We are merchants of happiness.

Bernard Loiseau

Hell, he said. Just when it was getting interesting, too. And he leaped into the water after his friend.

Cassandra Clare

Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed.

John Paul Warren