On leaf of palm, on sedge-wrought roll; on plastic clay and leather scroll, man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, and lo! the Press was found at last!

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Samuel Johnson

I played a long time, had a great career up to this point, and can walk away with my head as high as anyone else.

Brett Favre

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

Britney Spears

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Marguerite Duras

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

W. Somerset Maugham

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

Phaedrus

Food is a coping mechanism people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

Phil McGraw

A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all.

Nikita Khrushchev

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.

Bayazid AlBistami

A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

Flip Wilson