Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

...beauty is not symmetry of parts- that's so impotent -as Mishima says, beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs

John Geddes

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Albert Camus

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.

Joel Osteen

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

Ayn Rand

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

Oscar Wilde

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Sivananda

I would only blame myself if something happened to you.

Shannon A. Thompson

I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I'm getting audited and I'm on the street and I desperately need some dough and that's the only thing that I'm getting.

Christian Bale

You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.

Mitt Romney

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

Lasse Hallstrom

At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.

Reese Hoffa