His heart had been broken. And now all these years later, it seemed to him that the most horrible fact of human existance was that broken hearts mended.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

George Bernard Shaw

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Jean de la Bruyere

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

Oscar Wilde

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

Willa Cather

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.

Billie Joe Armstrong

All I say is that I don't go out with famous men.

Samantha Mumba

(Just to give you an idea, Proust's reply was 'To be separated from Mama.') I think that the lowest depth of misery ought to be distinguished from the highest pitch of anguish. In the lower depths come enforced idleness, sexual boredom, and/or impotence. At the highest pitch, the death of a friend or even the fear of the death of a child.

Christopher Hitchens

I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

To play a lawyer and have one year of law school under your belt, you sort of know what you're talking about! I'm able to memorize the legal courtroom stuff a lot faster than I would have been able to otherwise.

Jerry O'Connell

It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

Jodi Picoult

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.

Jim Bunning

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.

Fred Allen