I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I will never again sell anything, even if I have to starve. I am going home now and I will sit down and really write about people.

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?

Lily Tomlin

There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact, from the moment they came into power, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women's health.

Patty Murray

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

William Cowper

When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy.

David Cronenberg

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

Michael Konda

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Zig Ziglar

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

Rashida Jones

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.

Nicolas Chamfort

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.

Terry Pratchett

And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!

Terry Pratchett