I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.

Leonardo DaVinci

What's so wrong with feeling sorry for myself? Better that than trying to get other people to feel sorry for me.

Orson Scott Card

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than the social and political revolutions of the last half century.

Arthur Erickson

Women's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that withers away Marx will have come true willy-nilly, so let's get on with it.

Germaine Greer

A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.

Henrik Ibsen

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Terry Pratchett

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

Toba Beta

Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead of right, a train is missed, a call comes too late--and the real test of our humanness is whether, in light of that knowledge, we are ever able to recover. When we again find our way despite the inability to manufacture a deeper meaning in our suffering, that I think is when God smiles upon us, proud of the strength of his creation.

Neil Abramson

The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things easy on our customers, whoever they may be?

Erwin Frand

I teach you the Superman. Man is something that should be overcome.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I won't be restricted by age.

Carol Vorderman

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

Angelina Jolie