Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity.

Jonathan Sacks

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

George Burns

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

William Shakespeare

If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.

Richard Milhous Nixon

As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

George Orwell

In America all too few blows are struck into flesh. We kill the spirit here, we are experts at that. We use psychic bullets and kill each other cell by cell.

Norman Mailer

It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.

Sarah McLachlan

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

Duke Ellington

Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame.

MG Siriam

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Kevin Mitnick

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of San