There have been those who magnificently dared. There have been bearers of the truth, men who groped in the world's tumult, trying to make plain order of it. They discover what we did not yet know; chiefly they discover what we no longer knew.

How one stands up to any sort of allegation in the heat of political battle reveals the strength and nature of your character. It's one of the reasons we have campaigns.

Tammy Bruce

God's finger touched him and he slept.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has become rampant in recent years.

Bill Condon

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.

Oscar Wilde

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

Mickey Spillane

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Epictetus

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.

Craig Ferguson

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.

Sloane Crosley

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

John Wooden

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

Christopher Eccleston

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Confucius