I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Katharine Hepburn

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

Jane Pauley

The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.

Tom Robbins

How the girls could turn to ghosts before your eyes And the very dreams that led to them are keeping them from dying And how the grace with which she walked into your life Will stay with you in your steps, And pace with you a while So long, so long.

Chris Carrabba

Our first teacher is our own heart.

American Indian Proverb, Cheyenn

There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.

J. Donald Walters

A house divided cannot stand.

Abraham Lincoln

The devil is the author of confusion.

Robert Burton

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Francis Bacon

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end

Samuel Johnson

...from politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Jane Austen

If we can't figure something out in three weeks, we probably shouldn't bother.

Steven Gilbert