I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory materialism to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of neuronal activity. This belief must be classed as a superstition.... we have to recognize that we are spiritual beings with souls existing in a spiritual world as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world.

kudos to the educators, athletes, dancers, judges, janitors, politicians, artists, actors, writers, singers, poets, and social activist, to all who dare to look at like with humor, determination and respect

Maya Angelou

People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.

David Ortiz

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

G. K. Chesterton

Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

David Byrne

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Harold S. Geneen

I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.

Britt Ekland

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

Joel Osteen

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Joseph Roux

There's a book called 'The Shack' - it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal.

Rodney Atkins

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Herbert Hoover

Keep breathing.

Sophie Tucker

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

Tyra Banks