The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow.

Dean Koontz

Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.

Ruby Wax

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.

Source Unknown

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

Joseph Joubert

I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.

Jermaine Jackson

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

Iain Duncan Smith

Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell.

G. K. Chesterton, Tremendous Tri

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

Tom Bodett

What sort of arrogance did she have, even to imagine reaching back into the past and making changes? Who am I, she thought, if I dare to answer prayers intended for the gods?

Orson Scott Card

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Will Rogers

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.

Timothy Garton Ash

You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.

Jack Nicklaus