Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like our physical existence - still breaks down along geographical lines.

Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.

Source Unknown

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

Raoul Vaneigem

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

Joseph Stiglitz

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

Maureen Dowd

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.

Lily Tomlin

I'm pretty sure this is it for the teen movie thing. It's so frustrating to read when you get to page 20 and you're like, Oy! It's the same thing again!

Marla Sokoloff

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

Alanis Morissette

When we are out there selling a new picture, when did it become part of the deal that you have to sell the family? To use the juicy part of your life to get attention? I'm not blaming the reporters. It's the system.

Jimmy Smits

Education begins with life.

Benjamin Franklin

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Ronald Reagan

Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow