Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Maya Angelou

Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being the helpless prey of impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, and crowning injury inflicts upon him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.

Paul Ambroise Valery

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you can't read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesn't read that way.

Michael Buble

I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.

Sela Ward

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

Neil Gaiman

I bought a new book, '100 new ways to make love'. I ended up in traction it was a misprint

Rodney Dangerfield

What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about the great potential that we all human beings have, we are able to discover our leadership.

Vicente Fox

A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.

Thomas Fuller

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

Eric Bana

I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.

Larry David

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

Norman Cousins

the giver of life, who gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.

Thomas Jefferson