United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.

Carl Sagan, The DemonHaunted Wor

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.

Geraldine Ferraro

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.

Pratibha Patil

Fellowship with God means warfare with the world.

Charles E. Fuller

The idle always have a mind to do something.

Marquis De Vauvenargues

I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.

Keith Richards

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Ray Charles

This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual.

Steve Wynn

Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.

Lynn Swann

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Aldous Huxley, Miss Thriplow, in

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

Jos

The waste basket is a writer's best friend.

Isaac Bashevis Singer