Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Jos

In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.

John Ruskin

You gotta be hungry!

Les Brown

There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees.

Henry Louis Gates

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

Oscar Wilde

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.

Paula Abdul

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

Garry Trudeau

People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.

Hamid Karzai

All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!

Camille Anna Paglia

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

Calvin Coolidge

If you want to make dough, do a bun dance.

Stephen Richards

I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.

Vin Diesel