He wrote love stories, a thing I have always kept free from, holding the belief that the well-known and popular sentiment is not properly matter for publication, but something to be privately handled by the alienist and the florist.

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

Peace Pilgrim

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

Princess of Wales Diana

American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.

Rand Paul

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

Jean Giraudoux

Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

Eileen Caddy

The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I became an agnostic. Christmas was a pro-forma affair, basically a chore. Buy mother a book, dad a new tie, my brother and sister small gifts. Pretend thanks for the fountain pens and shirts I received.

Whitley Strieber

People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.

Vaclav Havel

I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

Robert Duvall

Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.

Ruby Wax

A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Alexander Pope

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

Suze Orman

The reason I love the sea I cannot explain -- it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

JacquesYves Cousteau