Tact is knowing how far to go too far.

Over time, hidden truths morph in the dark soil of deceit into something much worse.

Patti Callahan Henry

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.

Jonathan Swift, The Battle of th

Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer than you harsh one?

Lawrence G. Lovasik

There is no such thing as a perfect leader either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inserting scallions into its nose in an effort to look like an elephant.

Liu ShaoCh'I

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

Alexander Calder

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Don DeLillo

I can't remember a time when my mom didn't work. She has forever been on the move: a go-getter. When my brother Adel and I had a paper route as kids, my mom would get up before us at the crack of dawn to drop off the Washington Post at different corners.

Hoda Kotb

When a war breaks out, people say: It's too stupid; it can't last long. But though the war may well be too stupid, that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.

Albert Camus

I write music every day.

Lady Gaga

My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.

Tim Allen

If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

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