As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale

Bertrand Russell

You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.

Lord Melbourne

Conceit is incompatible with understanding.

Leo Tolstoy

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.

Benazir Bhutto

Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.

Neil Gaiman

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

Addison Mizner

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

Eric Liu

I took a gamble to exercise leadership without losing my feminine nature.

Michelle Bachelet

Stubborness and staunch, they are both same thingsfrom different point of view, such crazy and eccentric.

Toba Beta

There's always a but. It's a magical word. You can say anything you want, go on for as long as you want, and then all you have to do is add the magic word and instantly everything you said is erased, turned meaningless, just like that.

Charles Benoit

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.

Edwin Markham

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.

Erma Bombeck