It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Blaise Pascal

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

Arne Duncan

As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.

Seth Rogen

Men aren't necessities. They're luxuries.

Cher

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

Les Brown

I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.

Venus Williams

If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

T. Harv Eker

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Russell Baker

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

Jimmy Carter

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

Walter Lippmann

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

Ambrose Bierce

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

Jet Li