I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.

I cannot be the only reader who has wondered why God, having given him [St. Paul] so many gifts, withheld from him (what would seem so necessary for the first Christian theologian) that of lucidity and orderly exposition.

C.S. Lewis

I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.

Neil Peart

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three.

Source Unknown

In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test.

Christopher Hitchens

We've been on our peace gig, as we call it, for a year solid. And people say, 'Do you think it's having any effect?' I can't answer that. It's like asking me in the Cavern, 'Are you gonna make it?' In the back of my mind I thought, I'm gonna make it, but I couldn't lay it on the line. And I think that peace is more tangible than Beatles.

John Lennon

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Chris Patten

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

Max Eastman

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

Kim Weston

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

Charles Baudelaire

I'm not afraid of death.

Maurice Sendak

It really lasted the whole game, because I was really untouchable, unstoppable that game. But it was heightened on one particular play, and that was the longest run where everything completely slowed down. My awareness was so keen, it was so heightened, it was really amazing.

Marcus Allen

If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.

Nancy Pelosi