Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

Camille Anna Paglia

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Theodor Adorno

I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.

J.K. Rowling

You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have found saintliness in avowed atheists.

Rabbi Harold Kushner, The Lord I

Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It's in our hands.

Cathy Better

It's been more than a show. It's been a wonderful support group. It's a group of people that love each other, that come together every day to try to make America laugh. What better thing is there to do than that?

Matthew Perry

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

Karrie Webb

I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.

Pedro Martinez

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.

Paul Rudd

Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat.

Neal Barnard

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so hard in obtaining the necessaries that little energy is left over for the other purposes; but those whose livelihood is assured do not, on that account, cease to be active

Bertrand Russell

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

Minka Kelly