He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Napoleon Bonaparte

With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

Roger Mahony

Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.

Tony Campolo

I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever.

Kelly Clarkson

This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all, there is room for only one Prime Minister, but for those who make the desert bloom there is room for hundreds, thousands and even millions. And the destiny of the state is in the hands of the many rather than of a single individual. There are times when an individual feels he should do those things which only can and should be done by the many.

David BenGurion

We are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

Cassandra Clare

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

Gloria Estefan

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

Charlie Watts

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.

Jean Kerr

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.

T. Boone Pickens