All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.

Sarah Dessen

The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

George Bernard Shaw

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.

Umberto Eco

They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.

John Backus

Can the man say, Fiat lux, Let there be light; and out of chaos make a world? Precisely as there is light in himself, will he accomplish this.

Thomas Carlyle

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

Gerry Adams

Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

Mark Twain

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

William Shakespeare

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Henry James

In the perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense.

Ruckett

Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as whenThe bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,Her ashes new-create another heirAs great in admiration as herself.

William Shakespeare