The new spirituality will also base itself on a third very large spiritual understanding, which is that life is eternal. Most religious people claim to believe that, but very few people actually live as if that were true.

Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.

Terry Pratchett

I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats.

Joe Davis

Sense will always have attractions for me.

Jane Austen

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

Manuel Puig

As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.

Comte DeBussyRabutin

What's the meaning of life? Other people.

John Green

For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare

'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.

George Lucas

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.

Chuck Palahniuk

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.

Zosia Mamet

I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project.

Laura Hillenbrand

To stop sinning suddenly.

Elbert Hubbard