I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

Stephen King

I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).

George Saunders

The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

Mike Pence

When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.

Jodi Picoult

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Kahlil Gibran

You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.

Source Unknown

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Vartan Gregorian

My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.

Barry Commoner

No more creepy online alter egos in the name of love.

Elizabeth Rudnick

He who has why to live can bear almost any how

Friedrich Nietzsche

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Merry Browne

In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine.

Robin Leach