Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Vincent Van Gogh, Dear Theo: Au

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

Jonathan Sacks

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Alice Caldwell Rice

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

Edward Bond

I'm no expert on American politics.

Bjorn Lomborg

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

Albert Einstein

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make me feel important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

Mary Kay Ash

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Ansel Adams

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Aristotle

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

Vivien Leigh

In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way.

Billie Joe Armstrong

By guts I mean, grace under pressure

Ernest Hemingway