One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.

David Ben-Gurion

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Andre Gide

As I see it, life is an effort to grip before they slip through one's fingers and slide into oblivion, the startling, the ghastly or the blindingly exquisite fish of the imagination before they whip away on the endless current and are lost for ever in oblivion's black ocean.

Mervyn Peake

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Jack Abramoff

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Jimmy Dean

To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you'll hit your target every time.

Bruce Jenner

All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places.

Jerry Saltz

As of 1992, they'll be called European Economic Community fries.

Steven Wright

Obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigor and stability.

Michel de Montaigne

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

Zach Braff

Sports is like a war without the killing.

Ted Turner

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

J. Paul Getty