Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

Mike Rogers

If we want to make something really superb on this planet, there is nothing whatever that can stop us.

Shepherd Mead

She did not want to say it, because it made no practical sense, but in the end she went to Japan for the delicate sake cups, resting in her hand like a blossom; she went to Japan for loveliness.

Z.Z. Packer

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

Javan

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

Linda Hunt

Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress.

Sarah Polley

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.

Brian Eno

Necessity is the mother of taking chances

Mark Twain

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

James Russell Lowell

Men are going to go out on the road and they're going to find other women. So if you really want to save yourself a whole lot of heartache, do not fall in love with somebody in a band. Just don't.

Stevie Nicks

When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, 'Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?'

Blake Shelton