For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Irving Kristol

If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals.

Ron Chernow

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.

Henry David Thoreau

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

Johanna Siguroardottir

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.

Craig Ferguson

Possibly the worst break up line ever: it's not me, it's you.

Anonymous

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.

Oscar Wilde

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Orison Swett Marden

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

Georges Clemenceau

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

George Bernard Shaw

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

Paulo Coelho

There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

Kristin Scott Thomas