I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now they think that's going to sort things out.

My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.

Arabella Weir

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be otherwise that the possibility of joy is the beginning of beauty.

Marcel Proust

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

Francis of Assisi

Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.

Sally Kirkland

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

Frank A. Clark

The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.

Shoghi Effendi

Murder is a dream because lack is the center of both.

Kathy Acker

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.

Craig Bruce

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Victor Hugo

We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.

Thomas Friedman

[He]said something that made it impossible to continue working for him.[The exact words were]You're fired.

Christopher Hitchens