Starkey put his fingers under the man's chin and pushed his head back. As he did so, the man's eyeballs fell back into his head with a meaty little thud. The words on the sign had been written in red Magic Marker. NOW YOU KNOW IT WORKS, the sign said, ANY QUESTIONS?

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Langston Hughes

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

Robert De Niro

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

Phyllis Schlafly

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

Erich Fromm

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

Adam Smith

Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.

Mahavira

It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears.

Mo Rocca

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

John Boehner

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.

Thornton Wilder, The Eighth Day

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.

Noel Coward

Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep.

Janet Street-Porter

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

American Indian Proverb, Minquas