Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign autobiography, 'Why Not the Best?,' published in 1975.

Jonathan Raban

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

Salman Rushdie

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Thomas Paine

The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.

Claude Bernard

The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.

Lynn Lavner

As long as you live, keep learning how to live.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

Chuck Palahniuk

I am a doctor - it's a profession that may be considered a special mission, a devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people.

Ewa Kopacz

When your back is to the wall and you are facing fear head on, the only way is forward and through it.

Stephen Richards

Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

Leo Tolstoy

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

V. S. Pritchett

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.

Mary Lou Retton