Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.

Marg Helgenberger

I already gave my best. I have no regrets at all.

William Hung

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

Arthur C. Clarke

Time. There is much time left and lots of life seasons. There is much to see, to do, and to be.

Adam Young

Imagine others complexly.

John Green

I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken.

John Updike

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Bertrand Russell

If warm air rises, Heaven could be hotter than Hell.

Steven Wright

Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

The dirty little secret is that the pool man, who's making $30,000 a year, is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets.

Dee Dee Myers

But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability.

Jim Clyburn

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

Whoopi Goldberg