Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.

I'm sorry you are wiser, I sorry you are taller; I liked you better foolish and I liked you better smaller.

Aline Murray Kilmer

Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.

Lewis Mumford

The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant.

Carol Vorderman

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

Mindy Kaling

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Rick Springfield

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.

Victor Hugo

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.

Sam Mendes

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

Octavio Paz

Some of us are not meant for greatness. We are meant for something greater.

Val Edward Simone

What goes up must come down.

Isaac Newton

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Claude M. Bristol