My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didn't stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didn't have his blood.

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.

Hannah Arendt

Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark;I thank God for the NightThe healing dark.

Robert William Service, Weary, f

There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.

Sri Swami Sivananda

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

Maria Sharapova

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.

William Shakespeare

The proof of gold is fire...

Benjamin Franklin

No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

Charles Caleb Colton

In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated.

Bradley Cooper

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Socrates

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

Margaret Mead

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

Lionel Trilling

What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.

Jill Clayburgh