Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.

Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

Vida D. Scudder

Sex can be fun after eighty, after ninety, and after lunch!

George Burns

The distinction between past, present and future is an illusion, but a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

Iain Duncan Smith

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

Carl Gustav Jung

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Compulsive behavior occurs when the urge to act out is greater than our will to say no. Recovery then, is the process of reversing that equation.

Roger Stark

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.

Paulo Coelho

My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.

Mike Mills

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things.

Leighton Meester

A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.

American Indian Proverb, Paiute