I decided I would teach Mrs. P. a lesson by cooking my own meal.

On the trail of another man, the biographer must put up with finding himself at every turn; any biography uneasily shelters an autobiography within it.

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

Never frown even when ur sad, coz u never know whose falling in love with ur smile!

Sometimes the reason we do not see the answer is that we are looking too closely at the question.

When you think about it, the Big Bang's a big like school, isn't

I believe his lies, so he believes mine.' She turns and looks at me straight on. 'That's how it goes at the end of love.

People don't want the truth, ' he says, waving a hand at the streets around us. 'They want better-quality lies. High definition lies on fifty-inch screens.

It used to be the smartest people didn't always want to be the richest people.

You always were such a worrier. It was as if you thought your worrying was all that held the world together, and if you stopped for a split second the whole thing would just fly apart.

Capitalism needs war.

She had known for a while that Chance would be her first. She hadn’t planned it would be tonight. But, it felt right, Fourth of July, fireworks, and her first time.

One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.

Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they deflect him.

I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.

I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.

I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am.

I think of rivers, of tides. Forests and water gushing out. Rain and lightning. Rocks and shadows. All of these are in me.

Coach may have been the greatest innovator the sport has ever had.

I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great

Their virtues lived in their children. The family changed its persons but not its manners, and they continued a blessing to the world from generation to generation.