Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.

Vic Snyder

I work, and then whenever I have any other time, I'm with my daughter, and then I go to sleep. I think you basically have to abandon the dreams of having any other adult activities in your life. You have to go to sleep whenever your child goes to sleep. That's basically how we're doing it.

Tina Fey

No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.

Matsuri Hino

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

Alfred L. Kroeber

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ambrose Bierce

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

Martin Puryear

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Carl Sandburg

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait. :-)

Larry Wall

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

Rashida Jones

War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.

Dennis Kucinich

The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.

Terry Riley