Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile.

Some are just born bad, and that's all there is to it.

Cassandra Clare

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.

Albert Brooks

Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.

George Santayana

I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonadethen find someone that life gave vodka to and have a party.

Ron White

Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary.

Charles Baudelaire

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

Gabriel Heatter

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

John Erskine

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

George Lucas

Don't let them tell us stories

Albert Camus

Youll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you dont have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.

Sam Rayburn

I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

King Abdullah II

A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those who tend to their people and then boldly engage the rest of the world, near and far.

Jon Meacham