As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.

What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?

Charles M. Schulz

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

John Ruskin

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.

Carroll Quigley

At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.

T-Bone Burnett

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

Charles Stanley

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

Barbara Boxer

When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.

Walter Mosley

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

Audrey Niffenegger

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.

Tim Burton

When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.

Big Sean

The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on paper.

Dashiell Hammett

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.

Puff Daddy