My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

It is not enough to give the customer excellent service. You must subtly make him aware of the great service he is getting.

Source Unknown

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Address

Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.

George Eliot

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

R. Kelly

I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

Russell Crowe

At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.

William Shakespeare

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

Harold H. Greene

His death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

Samuel Johnson

I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.

George Eliot

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.

G. K. Chesterton

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

Jack Kevorkian