It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion.

Mitt Romney

I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In the end I believe we never do convince ourselves. I know that I found it increasingly hard to maintain the pose of emotional self-sufficiency lying on my bed and sitting at my desk, watching the gulls cartwheeling in the clouds over the bridges, cradling myself in my own arms, breathing warm chocolate-and-vodka breath on a rose I had found on a street corner, trying to force it to bloom.

Douglas Coupland

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Allen Klein

He who thinks that he is finished is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

Henri Nouwen, The Genesee Diary

Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.

George Grosz

Solo. Sí, esa es la palabra clave, la palabra más tremenda. Asesino no le llega a los talones, e infierno no es más que un pálido sinónimo.

Stephen King

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Oscar Wilde

Scientists have invented a new strain of cannabis without the high. They celebrated with non-alcoholic beer and furious dry-humping.

Stephen Colbert

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

Gaston Bachelard

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

William Hazlitt

Art doesn't have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.

Duane Hanson

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

Antonio Tabucchi