The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

James Thurber

When I travel, I like to take advantage of room service. I'm really into eggs Benedict in the morning.

Jenny McCarthy

And we were poor too. Why, if I wasn't born a boy...I'd have nothing to play with!

Rodney Dangerfield

He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time.

George Bernard Shaw

If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.

Yiddish Proverb

The coward shoots with shut eyes.

American Indian Proverb, Oklahom

Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

Pearl Bailey, Talking to Myself

When I'm in the car and somebody comes on the radio singing the high notes, I try to sing along.

Burton Cummings

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Cesar Chavez

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one

C.S. Lewis

As far as I'm concerned I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

Albert Einstein

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning.

Vaclav Havel, Disturbing the Pea