I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

That translucent alabaster of our memories.

Marcel Proust

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

David Wilkerson

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Jeremy Bentham

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

Paul Lynde

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.

Ronald Reagan

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.

LL Cool J

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.

John Bacon

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.

Jodi Picoult

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

Barack Obama

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

Fanny Brice

For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm

Voltaire

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

Lewis B. Smedes