Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable.

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Our country's political discourse and debate are enriched by discussions of the political implications of our faith traditions, whether they are taking place in our communities, at our dinner tables, or in our places of worship.

David E. Price

VolunteersMany will be shocked to find, When the day of judgement nears,That there's a special place in HeavenSet aside for volunteers.Furnished with big recliners,Satin Couches and footstools,Where ther are no committee chairmen,Nor yard sale or rest area coffee to serve.No library duty or bulletin assembly,There will be nothing to print and staple.Not one thing to fold and mail,Telephone lists will be outlawed.But a finger snap will bringCool drinks and gourmet dinnersAnd rare treats fit for a king.You ask,Who'll serve these privileged fewAnd work for all the're worth?Why, all those who reaped the benifits,And not once volunteered on Earth.

Anon., source unknown

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

Julie Walters

What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Edward George BulwerLytton

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death. (on atomic energy)

Albert Einstein

India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.

Yoshiro Mori

Insurrection, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Ambrose Bierce

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.

Andrew Motion

This person has just arrived on this planet, knows nothing about it, has no standards by which to judge it. This person does not care what it becomes. It is eager to become absolutely anything it is supposed to be.

Kurt Vonnegut

unrequitted love amuses me

Cassandra Clare