Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.

Lucy Powell

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class to secure opportunity and equality.

Nancy Pelosi

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

Lori Greiner

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Ansel Adams

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

Tommy Lasorda

So we see Edward as a young man on the road and he meets a giant and he brings the giant to a circus where he meets a Miss Calloway. He sees the woman of his dreams and I am the only one who knows who she is.

Danny DeVito

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

Khaled Hosseini

... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical; but that did not signify. It was censure in common use, and easily given.

Jane Austen

Psychohistory, as a science, will always be problem-centered, while history will always remain period-centered. They are simply two different tasks.

Lloyd deMause

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

William Cobbett

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

Carl Gustav Jung

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

Rodney Dangerfield