It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Charles Baudelaire

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

Kahlil Gibran

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.

Margaret Fuller

I'm looking forward to being a mom and a wife and a business owner.

Melanie Roach

We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.

Christopher Hitchens

Surfers have the most attitude.

Shaun White

every now and then, i worry about people in the third world countries. and then i figure if they all started having sex, their lives would be considerably brighter.

Jodi Picoult

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

Anne M. Mulcahy

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.

Robyn Davidson

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

James Baldwin

Jenna's traveled with me they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.

Laura Bush

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

Simon Pegg