Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.

If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.

Pablo Picasso

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

Zig Ziglar

Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.

American Indian Proverb, Hopi

Hearts melt when the Beloved of Allah is mentioned.

Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.

G. K. Chesterton

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

Oliver Herford

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

Barbara Jordan

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Johnny Vegas

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.

John Sununu

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.

Bill Frist

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Lauren Graham

The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.

William Shakespeare