Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

I do so hate to leave this world

Bertrand Russell

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Marquis De Vauvenargues

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

Jim Valvano

My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.

Rick Wakeman

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

Victor Hugo

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.Another version:A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchley

Just as we accumulate memories of facts by integrating them into a network, we accumulate life experiences by integrating them into a web of other chronological memories. The denser the web, the denser the experience of time.

Joshua Foer

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

Renee Fleming

One day I got on the usual bus, and when I stepped in, I saw themost gorgeous blond Chinese girl... I sat beside her. I said,Hi, and she said, Hi, and then I said, Nice day, isn'tit?, and she said, I saw my analyst today and he says I have aproblem. So I asked, What's the problem? She replied, Ican't tell you. I don't even know you... I said, Wellsometimes it's good to tell your problems to a perfect strangeron a bus. So she said, Well, my analyst said I'm anymphomaniac and I only like Jewish cowboys... By the way, myname is Denise. I said, Hello, Denise. My name is BuckyGoldstein...

Steven Wright

The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when your arrows are spent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing.

Woody Allen

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

John Henry Newman