The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

...and it occurred to me, with the forcefulness of a thought experienced in 360 degrees, that that's really what history mostly is: masses of people doing ordinary things.

Bill Bryson

My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want -- the want of money.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

Woody Allen

To be entirely honest, I am an extremely confident person, and I don't think I would have gotten into this business if I felt that I wasn't going to succeed and I intend to be in this business, for the rest of my life.

Erika Christensen

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

John Brunner

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

Oriana Fallaci

There is trust in there being a Spirit who loves me and wants me to have love in my life. I trust in this higher power, it is what keeps me moving forward no matter what happens.

Kenny Loggins

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

Ovid

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

Norton Juster

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

Hugh Shelton