May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers.

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

Mort Sahl

Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug.

Isabelle Huppert

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Martha Graham

I have to think of the positive that's how I cope.

Ingrid Newkirk

Too many so-called leaders of the movement have been made into celebrities and their revolutionary fervor destroyed by mass media. They become Hollywood objects and lose identification with the real issues. The task is to transform society; only the people can do that

Huey Newton

It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.

Amy Grant

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Oscar Wilde

Sincerity and truth form the basis of every virtue. Be what thou seemest; live thy creed; Hold up to earth the torch divine; Be what thou prayest to be made; Let the great Master's steps be thine.

Horatius Bonar

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened

Mark Twain

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

Ben Stiller

In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes.

John Erskine, The Complete Life

Philosophy has forgotten about children

Bernhard Schlink