But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

David Duchovny

I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.

Sally Struthers

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Babe Ruth

Here's my advice to you: don't marry until you can tell yourself that you've done all you could, and until you've stopped loving the women you've chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you'll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you're old and good for nothing...Otherwise all that's good and lofty in you will be lost.

Leo Tolstoy

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in whom instinct has learned nothing from experience.

George Santayana

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again.

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nelson Mandela

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

Robert Frost

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work.

Edward Atkinson

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Will Durant

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

Brendan Francis