The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

Carelessness is worse than a thieve.

Scottish Proverb

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.

Kathy Freston

For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

James Boswell

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

Anna Held

Events tend to recur in cycles...

W. Clement Stone

Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.

Justin Guarini

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

James Barrie

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

Whoopi Goldberg

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.

Saxby Chambliss

...I threw out all those Latin words - the ones that end in 'ion' - the ones that never quite describe you...

John Geddes

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute

Desmond Tutu, "Quoted in Guardia