It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

I didn't really want to live, so anything that was an investment in time made me angry... but also I just felt sad. When the hopelessness is hurting you, it's the fixtures and fittings that finish you off.

Angelina Jolie

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

Ruby Dee

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.

Laura Dern

What ills from beauty spring

Samuel Johnson

I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.

Jenna Elfman

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

Rob Bell

As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole--the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.

Stephen Covey

The power of the computer is starting to spread.

Bill Budge

As the message drained away Vimes stared at the opposite wall, in which the door now opened, after a cursory knock, to reveal the steward bearing that which is guaranteed to frighten away all nightmares, to wit, a cup of hot tea.** The sound of the gentle rattle of china cup on china saucer drives away all demons, a little-known fact.

Terry Pratchett

Our first and last love is self-love.

Christian Nestell Bovee

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

Doris Lessing

No man was ever great by imitation.

Samuel Johnson