I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

He teaches me to be good that does me good.

Thomas Fuller

I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom?

Cecily von Ziegesar

I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, 'cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I was making a press conference with regard to energy policy.

William Scranton

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.

Robin Jones Gunn

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Will Rogers

Live, for I love you!

Edmond Rostand

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Madame de Maintenon

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.

J. G. Ballard

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

George W. Bush

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Elizabeth Bowen