Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.

John Charles Polanyi

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?

Honore de Balzac

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

Eric Hoffer

There are no absolutes, and your way is neither the only way nor the right way.

Stephen Richards

I am a sports fanatic and being able to perform at halftime for the fans of the Steelers and the Jets is such a thrill for me.

Joe Nichols

Health is worth more than learning.

Thomas Jefferson

I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at the margins of society.

Martin Firrell

And you don't want to always write about politics just for the sake of writing about politics.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.

Jesse Jackson

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

Geraldine Ferraro

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

Quentin Tarantino

The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.

Jeanette Winterson