The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.

My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can.

Harry Connick, Jr.

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.

Jarvis Cocker

Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.

John Milton

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

Brent Weeks

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye.

Glenda Millard

Out of her favour, where I am in love.

William Shakespeare

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

Judy Garland

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Tom Robbins

Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.

Swami Vivekananda

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.

Albert Einstein

I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.

Pedro Martinez