I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being true to yourself.

Steve Maraboli

Unpredictability is in general a fine protective feature, which should never be squandered but always spent wisely. There is much to be gained from communication if it is craftily doled out - enough truth to keep one's credibility high but enough falsehood to keep one's options open.

Daniel Dennett

Surfing is such an amazing concept. You're taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, 'I'm gonna ride you!' And a lot of times Nature says, 'No you're not!' and crashes you to the bottom.

Jolene Blalock

The best way out is always through.

Helen Keller

I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.

Henry David Thoreau

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

Patti Stanger

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

George Bernard Shaw

I think the American legal system sucks worse than a Celine Dion cover version of Whole Lotta Love.

Dennis Miller

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

Wendelin Van Draanen

It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare.

Manutius

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

Erica Jong

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Tony Benn