An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.

Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.

Terry Pratchett

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

James Russell Lowell

I just love real characters, they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.

David O. Russell

I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.

Ofra Haza

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

Dario Argento

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

Margaret Mitchell

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

Thomas Carlyle

Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.

Mikhail Gorbachev

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

Geraldine Ferraro

The universe evolved from something and nothing, and has most of these elemental dualpair until now.

Joey Lawsin

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Finley Peter Dunne