True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.

Anon.

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.

Chris Crutcher

Some fans get genuinely upset if I admit that a song that they held close to their heart was not based on actual events in my life. Like What Sarah Said : I was never in a waiting room in a hospital waiting for news that somebody was going to die.

Ben Gibbard

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

Charles Horton Cooley, Life and

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Like all philosophers, Aristotle gives words the definitions which will be most useful for his own purpose

C.S. Lewis

If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Thia and I'm here to me me, I'm here to express myself musically which I find is the best way to express myself.

Thia Megia

Terrorists continue to exploit divisions between law enforcement and the intelligence communities that limit the sharing of vital counterterrorism information.

Jim Sensenbrenner

More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.I speak, by the way, not with any sense of futility, but with a panicky conviction of the absolute meaninglessness of existence which could easily be misinterpreted as pessimism. It is not. It is merely a healthy concern for the predicament of modern man.

Woody Allen, My Speech to the Gr

I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.

Kylie Minogue

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Hank Aaron