It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

My poor vision gives me a soft-focus morning. For the first half hour, I kind of wander through my house, and everything is a blur. I put my contacts in when I'm ready to deal with the world.

Carrie Ann Inaba

Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.

Anna Lindh

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

Curtis Joseph

My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.

Oliver Hudson

I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.

Grace Slick

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

Anne Spencer

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Bob Uecker

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.

Wellington Mara

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

Bernard Malamud

He, who thought it necessary to maintain himself in her good graces, strove to console her under her disappointment by committing a little violence upon truth.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.

Rufus Wainwright

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

Sun Tzu