Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Anita Roddick

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

Robert Bolt

While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses.

Ellen DeGeneres

In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

Mark Twain

Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about.

Tina Fey

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

Arne Duncan

A man can never have too much Time to himself, nor too little to do. Had I a little son, I would christen him Nothing-To-Do; he should do nothing. Man, I verily believe, is out of his element as long as he is operative. I am altogether for the life contemplative.

Charles Lamb

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Thaddeus Golas

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

Sandara Carey

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Jackie Mason

One of my favorite things is to have a three-hour conversation over coffee with someone.

Andy Grammer

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

Tim Kaine