If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

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

Herman Melville

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Patsy Kensit

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

John Dewey

Love gives you the strength to face an army, vampire or human...Love gives you a reason to press on through the storm. Love helps you think clearly and follow the clues ahead, if you know where they lead.

J.X. Burros

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Thomas Fuller

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Abraham Lincoln

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

Tenneva Jordan

The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.

Charles A. Garfield

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

Fareed Zakaria

Nurture your mind with great thoughts.

Benjamin Disraeli

The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.

Piet Hein

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

Katharine Graham