Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight.

Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.

Robert A. Heinlein, To Sail Beyo

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.

Jonathan Sacks

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

Abu Bakr

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

Nick Offerman

As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm.

Terrence Howard

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Rosalind Russell

If you're emotional about investment, you're not going to do well. You may have all these feelings about the stock. The stock has no feelings about you.

Warren Buffett

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

Bonstettin

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

Elvis Presley

A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard.

Gwen Stefani

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Anita Brookner