Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.

Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.

Samuel Johnson

So what if you're plain? Anyone can like a beautiful woman or a handsome man. That's easy. But power is the ability to inspire attraction without the obvious.

Donna Lynn Hope

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Bill Cosby

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

Esperanza Spalding

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Haile Gebrselassie

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

Benjamin Franklin

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

Bill Gates, Time Magazine, Janua

Silence made space for other people's words, which was important for those who needed to be listened to.

Rachel Simon

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

Wendell Berry

The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.

Salman Khan

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

Jalal Talabani

I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.

Taylor Momsen