I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.

Wendell Phillips

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

Andrew Sullivan

The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.

John Green

I pretty much borrow my entire beauty regime from my mom.

Rashida Jones

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.

Ben Okri

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Mark Twain

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

Robert Smith

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn't think of any repercussions.

Jenna Bush

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

Mother Jones

There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children.

Bertrand Russell

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.

George E. Woodberry

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

Stephen Hawking