This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.

Yiddish Proverb

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Vincent Van Gogh

I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad's restaurant in San Diego.

Charisma Carpenter

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Jim Hightower

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

David Soul

The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.

Francis W. Newman

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

Jimmy Carter

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.

Rita Rudner

People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'

Al Yankovic

The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.

Minna Antrim

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Success is failure turned inside out.

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