In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

George Bernard Shaw

They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them.

Jodi Picoult

In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we dont make government responsive to the people, we dont make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.

Gerald R. Ford

The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble and the rough male kiss of blankets.

Rupert Brooke

Never memorize something that you can look up.

Albert Einstein

All architects want to live beyond their deaths.

Philip Johnson

At Christmas time we couldn't afford tinsel, so we'd wait till grandpa sneezed.

Rodney Dangerfield

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws

Voltaire

And I just like the guy. He's a good joe. Obviously loves his wife, calls her his better half, and polls show America agrees.

Stephen Colbert

Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.

Barbara Kingsolver

Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.

Gary Busey

Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are, Jonathan; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it, and you'll survive.

Cassandra Clare