I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth and truth rewarded me. (Simone de Beauvoir)
Hell is paved with good Samaritans. (William M. Holden)
We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. (Anthony Burgess)
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. (Buck Henry)
It is a lovely thing to have a husband and wife developing together and having the feeling of falling in love again. That is what marriage really means helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life. (Paul Tournier)
The only gift is a portion of thyself. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Some people just don't seem to realize, when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that no is the answer. (Nelia Gardner White)
It's amazing what one can do when one doesn't know what one can't do. (Jim Davis)
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
The distance between the present system and our proposal is like comparing the distance between a Model T and the space shuttle. And I should know I've seen both. (Ronald Reagan)
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. (Cyril Connolly)
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as in knowing what to do next. (Herbert Clark Hoover)
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. (Langston Hughes)
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. (James Baldwin)
Remember that it is far better to follow well than to lead indifferently. (John G. Vance)
The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth. (William O. Douglas)
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. (James Beard)
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives. (Marlon Brando)
Knowing where to lead people is not the same as convincing them to follow you. (Douglas H. Everett)
When you come to a road block, take a detour. (Mary Kay Ash)