The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Charles Dickens

You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake; you must be able to extract nutriment out of a sand heap.

Henry David Thoreau

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

Damian Lewis

When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.

David Brenner

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Martin Yan

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

Dionne Warwick

Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?

Anon.

Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.

Linda Blandford

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Chris Rock

Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.

Bible

The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.

Joan Chen

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.

Murray Rothbard