By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Benjamin Franklin

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

Maria Schell

At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved.

John Green

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology it's solved by people.

Patricia Cornwell

I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.

Suzy Bogguss

Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.

Fred Rogers

Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: these signs indicate progress in the practice of meditation.

Shvetashvatara Upanishad

Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.

Will Rogers

Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw. Men made dogs, they took wolves and gave them human things--unnecessary intelligence, names, a desire to belong, and a twitching inferiority complex. All dogs dream wolf dreams, and know they're dreaming of biting their Maker. Every dog knows, deep in his heart, that he is a Bad Dog...

Terry Pratchett

Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.

Ayelet Waldman

Wondrous hole! Magical hole! Dazzlingly influential hole! Noble and effulgent hole! From this hole everything follows logically: first the baby, then the placenta, then, for years and years and years until death, a way of life. It is all logic, and she who lives by the hole will live also by its logic. It is, appropriately, logic with a hole in it.

Cynthia Ozick