Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study it, and learn the art, and exercise patience and sympathy and skill to bring the multitude of opinions and wishes of self-governing people into such order that some prevailing opinion may be expressed and peaceably accepted. Otherwise, confusion will result either in dictatorship or anarchy. The principal ground of reproach against any American citizen should be that he is not a politician. Everyone ought to be, as Lincoln was.

We all romanticize the people we adore.

John Green

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.

Christopher Isherwood

It started when I left Vegas that first time, skipping the hotel bill, driving off in that red convertible all alone, drunk and crazy, back to L.A. That's exactly what I felt. Fear and loathing.

Hunter S. Thompson, Songs Of The

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.

Richard Dawkins

Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.

Sextus Propertius

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women.

Ryan Seacrest

You don't have to worry about whether the car is set up right or not, you know it is, and it's down to you. Ultimately, that's what every driver wants.

Bobby Rahal

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

Sidney Sheldon

Many people make the mistake of thinking that all the challenges in their lives would dissipate if they just had enough money. Nothing could be further from the truth. Earning more money, in and of itself, rarely frees people. It's equally ridiculous to tell yourself that greater financial freedom and mastery of your finances would not offer your greater opportunities to expand, share, and create value for yourself and others.

Anthony Robbins

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.

Eugene Ionesco