Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

Lee Child

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

Alexander McQueen

If we could sell our experience for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.

Abigail Van Buren

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.

Tom Lantos

Words can never fully say what we want them to say, for they fumble, stammer, and break the best porcelain. The best one can hope for is to find along the way someone to share the path, content to walk in silence, for the heart communes best when it does not try to speak.

Margaret Weis

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Marcel Proust

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

Robert Browning

In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.

Christine Gregoire

Before I could reply, he had picked me up, literally swept me off my feet, and kissed me. And afterwards, when I tried to speak, he silenced me in much the same manner. It was a shock (but not at all distasteful) to be so caught up. Later - when he at last set me down - he handled me more gently. He took of my glasses and told me that he loved me.

Jennifer Paynter

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Calvin Coolidge

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

Jeffery Deaver

Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them.

Jerry Gillies