I like a quiet life, you know me.

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.

Ernest Hemingway

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified.

Thad Cochran

The Dead Sea is the dead sea, because it continually receives and never gives.

Source Unknown

I love doing comedy - I get a laugh out of it, it's not so serious.

Carmen Electra

Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.

Augusto Roa Bastos

Whatever her name was, she was pretty. She had a thick, careless braid of chestnut hair, a quick smile, and dark, merry eyes. She wore some kind of a fuzzy lavender pullover, and when she crossed her legs and lifted her guitar onto her lap, she had an interesting way of tucking the foot of the bottom leg back under her chair that made Hector feel melty. He looked away in self-preservation.

Lynne Rae Perkins

Train everyone lavishly, you can't overspend on training.

Thomas J. Peters

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Isaac Disraeli

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

Mac Thornberry

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Charles Caleb Colton

Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.

Cassandra Clare