Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Non, ce n'était pas moi qui comptais, ni le monde, mais seulement l'accord et le silence qui de lui ? moi faisait naître l'amour.

Albert Camus

I don't want Church to be like all those dead pets! I don't want Church to ever be dead! He's my cat! He's not God's cat! Let God have His own cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!

Stephen King

A man must be potent and orgasmic to ensure the future of the race.A woman only needs to be available.

Masters and Johnson, Masters and

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.

John Keats

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Muhammad Ali

I worked in a health food store once. A guy came in and asked me, If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?

Steven Wright

Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.

Ann Druyan

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

Tony Blair

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

Jodi Picoult

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Thomas Jefferson

I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.

Marlee Matlin

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

John Ruskin