Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is no longer a cause --it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.

Increased awareness and education could be a great help toward improving spending and saving habits and increasing participation and contribution levels to retirement plans.

Ron Lewis

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready to provide for our servicemembers who now defend our freedoms and our way of life.

Steve Buyer

One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.

Andres Serrano

I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

Nick Clegg

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

J.K. Rowling

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

Herman Melville

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A lot of movies treat kids like idiots.

Anna Chlumsky

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

John Cale

It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.

Tom Stoppard

My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didn't want to let them down.

Jerry Rice

The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.

Don Sherwood