Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.

I'm at peace.

Christina Aguilera

We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another.

Estelle Morris

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

David Lloyd George

I don't think anybody should write his autobiography until after he's dead.

Samuel Goldwyn

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

Thomas Aquinas

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

Jean Rostand

How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.

Shel Silverstein

Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves.

Martha Beck

The beginning is the half of every action.

Proverb

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

H. L. Mencken

You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.

George Harrison

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Albert Einstein