In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

Primo Levi

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Joseph Heller

All fair in love and war.

Francis Edward Smedley

While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.

Pat Brown

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.

Carol Ann Duffy

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

Proverb

Success is not something you get out of what you do.

Wayne Dyer

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

Dick Thornburgh

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Richard Branson

I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

Nathan Lane

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

Naguib Mahfouz

The constant dilemma of the information age is that our ability to gathera sea of data greatly exceeds the tools and techniques available to sort,extract, and apply the information we've collected.

Jeff Davidson