Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it were federally mandated -- serious, bulky and blandly worthwhile, like a high-fiber diet set in type.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Paulo Coelho

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it.

Charles Schumer

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.

Francoise Sagan

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

Janos Arnay

Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Herman Melville

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Paul Valery

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

Sir Richard Steele

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.

Samuel Johnson

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

Carson Daly

In the search for understanding and awakening we are drawn to those teachings that convey the deepest wisdom with the greatest beauty.

Frances Vaughn Roger Walsh

In my friend, I find a second self.

Isabel Norton

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

Johnny Isakson