This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

John Milton

Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback.

Mindy Kaling

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part.

Allan Bloom

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.

Elena Kagan

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us

William Shakespeare

A jest breaks no bones

Samuel Johnson

In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.

Malala Yousafzai

What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.

Julie Burchill

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

Socrates

I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I've been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper - something a little stronger.

Ellen Page

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Andrei Sakharov