It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

Because you are beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence

John Green

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God.

Christina Aguilera

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

George Bernard Shaw

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

Adriana Lima

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?

Sorin Cerin

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.

George Whitefield

Men have social needs. They have a need for other people; they have a need to love and be loved.

Carroll Quigley

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Science is an organized pursuit of triviality.Art is a casual pursuit of significance.Let's keep it in perspective.

Vera Nazarian

Aye, I'm tellin' ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.

Harry Lauder