Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.

King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.

Cornel West

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

CharlesMaurice de Talleyrand

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq.

Carl Levin

To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.

Stephen Chow

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

John Lancaster Spalding

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Voltaire

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.

Gelett Burgess

Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.

William James

An autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.

Barbara G. Harris

Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

Michael Scott

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

William Eardley IV

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

Victoria Beckham