To laugh often and much;to win the respect of intelligent peopleand the affection of children,to leave the world a better place,to know even one life has breathed easierbecause you have lived,this is to have succeeded.

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.

Lucy Powell

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second, their imagination, and third, their industry.

Salman Rushdie

I love people who try to keep the world in control - because the world is inherently not in control.

Ana Gasteyer

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Michael Graves

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

Clarence Darrow

My soul is occupied, And all my substance in His service; Now I guard no flock, Nor have I any other employment: My sole occupation is love. ~ 28

John of the Cross

I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool.

Leon Spinks

I think it absolutely necessary that the President should have the power of removing his subordinates from office; it will make him, in a peculiar manner, responsible for their conduct, and subject him to impeachment himself, if he suffers them to perpetrate with impunity high crimes or misdemeanors against the United States, or neglects to superintend their conduct, so as to check their excesses.

James Madison

To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

Robert Moog

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

Stephen King

Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God.

Norman Vincent Peale