Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

From every book invisible threads reach out to other books; and as the mind comes to use and control those threads the whole panorama of the world's life, past and present, becomes constantly more varied and interesting, while at the same time the mind's own powers of reflection and judgment are exercised and strengthened.

Helen E. Haines

Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.

Paul Merton

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not

Jodi Picoult

Pornography is the instruction. Rape is the practice, battered women are the practice, and battered children are the practice.

Gloria Steinem

I think most people are curious about what it would be like to be able to meet yourself -- it's eerie.

Christy Turlington

Brain surgery is a terrible profession. If I did not feel it will become different in my lifetime, I should hate it.

Wilder Penfield, 1921

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

John Major

Every story has three sides. Yours, mine and the facts.

Foster M. Russell

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon the seat of government. It is an ability to penetrate from the na?ve self-interest of each group to its permanent and real interest. Statesmanship consists in giving the people not what they want but what they will learn to want.

Walter Lippmann

My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.

Betty White

He who has a mind to do mischief will always find a pretense.

Publilius Syrus