There are some men who are considered quite ugly, but who are more remarkable than pretty people. You often see that in artists.

The fabric of North Carolina and what makes our state so special is our families and our common desire for a brighter future for our children. No matter what your family looks like, we all want the same thing for our families - happiness, health, prosperity, a bright future for our children and grandchildren.

Kay Hagan

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

Bernard Mandeville

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

David Storey

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

Alexander Pope

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had trouble either accepting or forgetting.

Hubert H. Humphrey

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 magnum.

Susana Martinez

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Baruch Spinoza

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

William Dunbar

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

Margaret Fuller

A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

William Penn

I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.

Kate Mulgrew

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou