In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God.

Frederick the Great

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

Lou Gerstner

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes.

Christopher Lasch

I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

Alton Brown

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

Whoopi Goldberg

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated.

Tom Vilsack

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.

Samuel Johnson

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.

Carl Sandburg

...there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.

Paulo Coelho

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Victoria Woodhull

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Bette Midler

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Ronnie James Dio