In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.

Jason Bateman

Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate.

Andrew Matthews

A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.

Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding.

Bede Griffiths

Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry,but do you dream of Heaven?Have you ever wanted to die?

Tim Burton

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.

Tony Parsons

There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.

Johnson

Even things that are true can be proved.

Oscar Wilde

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful -- and neglected -- secret to success and happiness.

Percy Ross

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

Mark Twain

We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of the element air, which by unquestioned experiments is known to have weight.

Evangelista Torricelli

If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness.I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.

Alice Hoffman