Our farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

Mitt Romney

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

Samuel Johnson

Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.

John Muir

And those who were seen dancing, were thought to be crazy, by those who could not hear the music.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Leo Rosten

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

William Blake

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

Stephen King

I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.

Paulina Porizkova

Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable that's survival.

Demetri Martin

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

William Cowper

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.

Paula Abdul