The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.

Claude LeviStrauss

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

Marcel Proust

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Brigham Young

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Doug Larson

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

Billie Jean King

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

Annie Lennox

Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal.

Jon Johansen

I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

Howard Nemerov

Every day use your magic to be of service to others.

Marcia Wieder

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Imran Khan

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing on the Internet has become a life-saver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.

Roger Ebert

There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.

Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort