Law is always better than war.

Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

Whitley Strieber

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sakes. Now, I mean, I'm talking about singing in the shower, I'm talking about dancing to the radio, I'm talking about writing a poem to a friend--a lousy poem.

Kurt Vonnegut

The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.

Paul Martin

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

Architecture aims at Eternity.

Christopher Wren

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

Dee Dee Myers

The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Ambrose Bierce

If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.

Henry Ford

Food compulsion isn't a character disorder it's a chemical disorder.

Robert Atkins

That's what I love from metal, and that's what I love from hip-hop. That's what I love from any music that's hard, that's got an edge to it-The attitude in it.

Kid Rock

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar