Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.

Joy Baluch

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

Ruth St. Denis

For Christmas one year I bought my son a BB gun. He bought me a tshirt with a bulls eye on the back.

Rodney Dangerfield

According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat. In lay terms, I interpret this to mean that people are working much harder, causing economic growth, and they're in danger of spending their money, which is what the recession-hit shops want them to do. But the Bank and the City seem to think this is wrong, and that if people work harder they should be punished by having their mortgages increased.

Harry Enfield

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity... in important things, diversity... in all things, generosity.

George Bush

Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Death is the mother of Beauty hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Wallace Stevens

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

Italo Calvino

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.

Jonathan Kozol

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Edward R. Murrow