If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

John Henry Newman

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.

Emile M. Cioran

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

Kitty Kelley

He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.

Victor Hugo

There is an invisible garment woven around us from our earliest years; it is made of the way we eat, the way we walk, the way we greet people...

Jean Giraudoux

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn't think of any repercussions.

Jenna Bush

If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?

Friedrich Nietzsche

All I want is someone I can't resist ...I will know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed

Aerosmith

The best lies are based on thetruth, at least in part

Cassandra Clare

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

Barbara Boxer

I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.

Vince Cable

I used to be an airline pilot. I got fired because I keptlocking the keys in the plane. They caught me on an 80 footstepladder with a coathanger.

Steven Wright