Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.

Those are dead even for this life who hope for no other.

Johann von Goethe

My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home.

Mike Pence

I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, That's what I want to do.

Reese Witherspoon

When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.

Helen Schucman

Footnote: In 1998, a woman in Saline, Michigan received a patent for a Decorative Penile Wrap...The patent included three pages of drawings, including a penis wearing a ghost outfit, another in the robes of the Grim Reaper, and one dressed up to look like a snowman.

Mary Roach

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.

James Levine

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.

Robert Morgan

Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.

Jon Anderson

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

George Bernard Shaw

All that existed was Jace; all she felt, hoped, breathed, wanted, and saw was Jace. Nothing else mattered.

Cassandra Clare

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Emma Thompson