Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a gift we received from countless generations we never knew, a gift that only we now possess and only we can give to our children. That unique gift, of course, is the gift of ourselves. Whatever we can do to give that gift, and to help others receive it, is worth the challenge of all our human endeavor.

Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers Talks

To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to sufferThe Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,And by opposing end them: to die, to sleepNo more; and by a sleep, to say we endThe Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocksThat Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummationDevoutly to be wished. To die to sleep,To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub.

William Shakespeare

This is an extraordinary time in the history of science, in that we cannot only theorize about the beginning of the universe, but actually study the celestial fossils of how it happened.

John Moffat

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Lou Holtz

I have two very rare photographs. One is a picture of Houdini locking his keys in his car. The other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating up a child.

Steven Wright

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Maya Angelou

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Geoffrey Chaucer

I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.

Heston Blumenthal

You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.

Steve Maraboli

I'm not out here to win a beauty contest.

Kirk Gibson

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.

Calvin Trillin