When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken thatlight on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought ofthe unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in thehearts you encounter.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that book on. So it's a very close relationship. We can do that because we're so small.

James Laughlin

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

Warren Buffett

My country, right or wrong is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying My mother, drunk or sober.

G. K. Chesterton

I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere.

Rebecca Romijn

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Thomas Henry Huxley

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

John Barrymore

I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.

Woody Allen

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

John Kenneth Galbraith

You can trust Charlie Crist.

Charlie Crist

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

John Updike