I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.

I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.

John Polkinghorne

We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.

Michel de Montaigne

Only by the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

Desiderius Erasmus

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

G. K. Chesterton

Love is the only future God offers.

Victor Hugo

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called weasel words. When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a weasel word after another there is nothing left of the other.

Theodore Roosevelt

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Martin Tupper

When you need someone to comfort you, a friend is near

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Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So that's why I wear suits. I'm praying to the gods, and I'm doing everything I can to respect the powers of the world.

Mike Mills

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.

Thomas Jones

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

Gillian Anderson

Some of the greatest lessons you learn in life are the ones communicated without a single word spoken.

Steve Maraboli