I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from.

Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism -- robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.

George Orwell

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

Joseph Joubert

I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh.

Marlo Thomas

I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

William Pitt The Elder Chatham

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark...

Orison Swett Marden

The man who says his wife can't take a joke forgets that she took him.

Source Unknown

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty.

Bill McCollum

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

Donovan Bailey

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

Ignazio Silone

A busy mother makes slothful daughters.

Proverb

I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up.

James Woods

I want to be a young dad. By 25 or 26 I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.

Justin Bieber