Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.

Madeleine Albright

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

Meg Greenfield

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Carol Burnett

I am married to the most amazing, generous and beautiful human being and it has been hard on him because from the outside if you look at it it's just all about me.

Emily Watson

I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family.

Nick Carter

There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.

Moliere

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

Joe Baca

Let us go on committing suicide by working among our people, and let them dream life just as the lake dreams the sky.

Miguel de Unamuno

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

Aristotle

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

Vladimir Kramnik

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

Samuel Johnson

There is much pleasure ot be gained from useless knowledge.

Bertrand Russell