Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

Barbra Streisand

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

Michael Eric Dyson

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

Hamilton Holt

One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.

Louis Kronenberger

Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.

Samuel Johnson

I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.

Carla Bruni

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You know what, Mom? Good thing he left because you're a strong woman.'

J. R. Martinez

A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.

Kevin Nealon

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

Thomas Fuller

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

Frank Lloyd Wright

You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.

Tim Cahill