"Who are the true philosophers you have in mind?" he asked. "Sightseers of the truth" I answered. "That must be right, but what exactly does it mean?" he asked.

We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay?

Laura Ingraham

Your range of available choices -- right now -- is limitless.

Frederick (Carl) Frieseke

The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.

Germaine Greer

Compulsive behavior occurs when the urge to act out is greater than our will to say no. Recovery then, is the process of reversing that equation.

Roger Stark

And write what you love - don't feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny.

Cassandra Clare

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

H. L. Mencken

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.

Fred A. Allen

Canada is currently the only major industrialized country in the world that does not allow any private administration of health care services that are provided by the public system.

Cliff Stearns

You worldly-minded people are most unfortunate! You are surrounded with sorrows and troubles overhead and underfoot and to the right and to the left, and you are enigmas even to yourselves.

Leo Tolstoy

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

Michael Ignatieff

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

Ty Segall

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Mahatma Gandhi