Religion is the call to confront reality to master the self.

Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some other variety of infirmity is a death, a putting to final rest. Each loss, of friend or precious enemy, can be equated with the closing off of a room containing blocks of nerves and soon after the closing off the nerves atrophy and that part of oneself, in essence, drops away. The self is lightened, is held on earth by a gram less of mass and will.

Coleman Dowell

Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.

Emilio Estevez

We came here to serve not be served.

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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

Jack Kerouac

Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in ''94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.

Jason Aldean

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

George Bernard Shaw

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.

John Jay Chapman

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

Matthew Macfadyen

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

Brigitte Bardot

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

Tim Allen

What does the brain matter compared with the heart?

Virginia Woolf

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.

Richard Dawkins