I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long.

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.

Stephen Leacock, Why I refuse to

We do not see it because we can not afford to-because the truth is too explosive.

Charles A. Reich

I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.

Victor Hugo

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

James Patterson

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Gloria Steinem

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Lewis Grizzard

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

Craig Bruce

Those that are little, little things suit.

Horace

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Lao Tzu

We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result.

Keith Emerson

The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations. But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.

John Kenneth Galbraith