He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.

Paul Wellstone

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Harvey Fierstein

I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym.

Gerry Cooney

I am truly my mother's son.

David Geffen

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

Elie Wiesel

The Republicans need to work on registration and getting out their vote and their early voters and absentees. Grassroots stuff.

Rush Limbaugh

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

Charles Barkley

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

Bodhidharma

We are all murderers and prostitutes --no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.

R. D. Laing

I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator - that's beyond my conceit.

Christopher Hitchens

I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

Susan Sarandon

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

Elizabeth Taylor