Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting.

Andrew Denton

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

Josh Billings

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.

Michael Phelps

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.

Brian Tracy

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

W. Clement Stone

I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.

James Cameron

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

James A. Garfield

A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.

Mark Twain

So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams.

Sally Kirkland

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

Carter G. Woodson

The only time I have problems is when I sleep.

Tupac Shakur

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

Louis Farrakhan