Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

If you're extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows.

Jeanne Moreau

That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.

Brother Angelus

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Alistair Cooke

The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits.

James Harris

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.

Emeril Lagasse

I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. I was not going to be cast into space.

Donald Miller

For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal.

Tim Holden

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Sandra Day O'Connor

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Samuel Johnson

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

Minka Kelly

I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.

Samuel West

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

Gil Scott-Heron