I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum.

Havelock Ellis

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Edith Hamilton

People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

Diablo Cody

In the past, missionaries have traveled to far countries with the message of the gospel - with great hardship and often with the loss of life. In contrast, we can reach millions instantly from the comfort of our homes by merely hitting the 'send' button on our computers, or with iPads, or phones.

Ray Comfort

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.

Jay Leno

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

Marilyn vos Savant

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

Marilyn Monroe

This wired generation is kind of cool.

LeVar Burton

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

Margaret J. Wheatley

Beauty is only skin deep but evil cuts straight through the soul.

Lauren Hammond

If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.

Christopher Hitchens