The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.

Neville Chamberlain

Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker.

Julie Powell

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Barbara Kruger

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

Michael Jordan

The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.

Norman Douglas, The Oracle

I lost twins at 14 weeks, and I had to have an D and C on my birthday.

Amy Weber

The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it.

Herbert Marcuse

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

It was as though some stubborn god spent their time in an immutable and absurd balancing act between life and death, prosperity and poverty.

Simone de Beauvoir

I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.

Mika Brzezinski

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Sydney J. Harris, Strictly Perso

You discarded most of the lies along the way but held on to the one that said life mattered.

Stephen King