Jonah-John-if I had been a Sam, I would have been a Jonah still-not because I have been unlucky for others, but because somebody or something has compelled me to be certain places, at certain times, without fail. Conveyances and motives, both conventional and bizarre, have been provided. And, according to plan, at each appointed second, at each appointed place this Jonah was there.

It's not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made them believe.

Jessica Simpson

Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't

Ernest Rutherford

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

Dionne Warwick

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.

Bob Newhart

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

Robert G. Ingersoll

Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

Alexander Pope

Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food.

Robert Atkins

Woody Allen is really the ultimate. I love that he believed in himself enough to do what he did. And I have that same feeling - that there's nobody that looks like me in movies, nobody would cast me as a romantic lead, but I want to do it and I feel confident that I can.

Mindy Kaling

The only way you can do that decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending is with mirrors, and thats what it would take.

John B. Anderson

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

Ronald Reagan

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

Joseph Schumpeter