My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.

The solutions all are simple -- after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.

Robert M. Pirsig

The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.

Robin Gibb

We would know far more about life's complexities if we applied ourselves to the close study of its contradictions instead of wasting so much time on similarities and connections, which should anyway, be self-explanatory.

José Saramago

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Norman Schwarzkopf

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adve

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

Bo Bennett

'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.

Nathan Fillion

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Merry Browne

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.

Iain Duncan Smith

My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.

Robert Millikan

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.

Milton Friedman

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

David Soul