I wanted to make a living, but I really was not interested in money at all. I was interested in being a great comedian.

Here, the churches seemed to shrink away into eroding corners. They seem to have ceased to be essential parts of American life. They no longer give life. It is the huge buildings of commerce and trade which now align the people to attention. These in their massive manner of steel and stone say, Come unto me all ye who labor, and we will give you work.

Sean O'Casey

Religion is the call to confront reality to master the self.

Huston Smith

If we like them, they're freedom fighters . . . If we don't like them, they're terrorists. In the unlikely case we can't make up our minds, they're temporarily only guerrillas.

Carl Sagan, Contact, Part I : Th

I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.

Rafik Hariri

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Robert Half

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

Junius

Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.

Daryl Hall

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Victor Hugo

Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.

Ovid

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.

Jack Welch

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

Valentina Tereshkova

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Niccolo Machiavelli