I don't think you comprehend the depth of my feeling for you. It goes beyond wanting to be near you, or protect you. I want you to be happy, and I want you to be treated with respect.

I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.

Henry David Thoreau

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.

Pat Travers

Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.

Japanese Proverb

Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them.

Jane Roberts

When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn't the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror.

Susan Orlean

One planet, one experiment.

Edward O. Wilson

Power is not alluring to pure minds

Thomas Jefferson

Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

Pat Riley

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

Erma Bombeck

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

Edmund Burke

It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.

Adam Carolla