The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.

Wayne Brady

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

Pam Grier

It takes bravery to recognize where in your life you are your own poison... it takes courage to do something about it.

Steve Maraboli

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

Lewis Mumford

by now you've already formed your own impression. you believe that an act committed a lifetime ago defines a man, or you believe that a person's past has nothing to do with his future. you think i am either a hero, or a monster. maybe knowning more about circumstances will make you think differently about me, but it won't change what happened twenty-eight years ago.

Jodi Picoult

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.

Bernie Sanders

A man who can't read only knows what other folks tell him.

Orson Scott Card

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.

Rich Kulawiec

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Tom Stoppard

Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.

Jack Adams

We will either find a way, or make one.

Hannibal

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

Benjamin F. Wade