Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

Louise L. Hay

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.

Bruce Jay Friedman

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.

Susan Sontag

Time is the fire in which we burn.

Gene Roddenberry

I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.

Billy Graham

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Samuel Johnson

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.

Jeff Miller

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

Sara Paretsky

Have faith in your own thoughts.

Brooke Shields

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

John Locke

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

Cecil Parkinson