I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars.

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

Barry White

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

Paul Lynde

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Wayne Dyer

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

Germaine Greer

I don't believe in prom,' I reminded her as she rounded a corner. I expertly angled my raisin bran to accomodate the g-forces. I'd done this before.

John Green

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.

E. O. Wilson

My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.

Irving Layton

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Milton Berle

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

Henry David Thoreau

I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.

Jonathan Safran Foer