A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can not expect an apostle to peer out.

A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have sometimes made a hero of the same man who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.

Philip Dormer Stanhope

Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better.

Nicholas Stern

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Benjamin Franklin

There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.

John Mayer

When in doubt, tell the truth.

Source Unknown

Love is not love that wounded bleeds And bleeding sullies slow. Come death within my hands and I Unto my love will go.

Stevie Smith

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

Richard Pryor

In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.

Madame Swetchine

Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always been told by his mother that nice girls don't. He finds, of course, when he gets older that this may be untrue -- but only in a certain section of society.

Barbara Cartland

There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it.

Matthew McConaughey

Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.

Dave Brubeck

Boxing is just show business with blood.

Frank Bruno