I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

This has been my greatest challenge: because the current reality now seems so unreal, it's hard to make nonfiction seem believable. But you, my friend [Michael Moore], are able to do that.

Kurt Vonnegut

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated.

Tom Vilsack

What is the use of your pedigrees?

Juvenal

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

Sue Kelly

When someone dies, it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, youhave plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all the nerves are still a little raw.

Jodi Picoult

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.

Kin Hubbard

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

G. W. F. Hegel

Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.

Napoleon Hill

the deal is dead.

Stephen Richards

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

Herman Melville

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

Sammy Davis, Jr.