In the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth, we read the complete spirit of the ethics of utility. To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.

Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff.

Michael Mantell

I gave you my life, you gave me my life. Like a gush of wind in my hair. Why do we forget what's been said And play the game of life with our hearts?

Yoko Ono

I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four.

Steve Burns

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Honore de Balzac

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.

Frank Waters

Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.

Sarah Palin

Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true.

Jonah Lehrer

From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

Jodi Picoult

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Richard L. Evans

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Albert Einstein