Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say.

Colin Hanks

Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and which approves if I do right. To act against conscience is to act against reason and God's Law.

Arthur Phelps

Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't.

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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

Paul Auster

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school.

Tom Vilsack

Science is interesting, and if you don't agree you can fuck off.: Dawkins was quoting a former editor of New Scientist Magazine, who is as yet unidentified (possibly Jeremy Webb)

Richard Dawkins

Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

Raoul Vaneigem

To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness.

Oscar Wilde

You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.

John Green

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

Clyde Tombaugh

Blessed with so many resources within myself the world was not necessary to me. I could do very well without it.

Jane Austen

The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.

Billy Graham