Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.

Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.

Thomas Jefferson

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win -- if you don't you won t.

Bruce Jenner

Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

Rachael Ray

There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love.

Barry Cornwall

With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own self I needed to develop quite a bit more. So that put Blur down the list of priorities quite a lot by the time I came to thinking about it.

Graham Coxon

So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

William S. Burroughs

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Mahatma Gandhi

Love thy neighbor -- but don't pull down your hedge.

Benjamin Franklin

In this loveless everyday life eroticism is a substitute for love.

Henri Lefebvre

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.

Thornton Wilder

To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you - a reason to hope - a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better.

Mike DeWine

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Voltaire