In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

William Arthur Ward

We teach our children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there, to join by words and activities the life of human culture on the planet

Annie Dillard, Total Eclipse Tea

My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'

Sean Parker

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.

Jay Leno

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

Danny Strong

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time

Leonard Bernstein

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

Tony Snow

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

Patrick J. Buchanan

I always made an awkward bow.

John Keats

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

E. M. Forster

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Thomas J. Watson

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

George Bernard Shaw