I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Benjamin Franklin

Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and truffle sauce and then ask them to go back to living off the land, and they will always be thinking of that gourmet meal. If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it.

Jodi Picoult

Whatever belief we have actually stems from the thankfulness that we feel and this feeling further attracts more happy feelings towards us.

Stephen Richards

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

Buddha

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

St. Jerome

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Joseph Joubert

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

Alton Brown

My parents are artists in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren't deeply truly artistic if that wasn't the way you were engaging the press.

Lena Dunham

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it.

Virginia Woolf

Beauty is a cheap word, but beauty remains priceless.

Dejan Stojanovic

Personal isn't the same as important.

Terry Pratchett