Lucretius, who follows [Epicurus] in denouncing love, sees no harm in sexual intercourse provided it is divorced from passion.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

The water hollows out the stone, not by force but drop by drop.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through

What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

For fools admire and love those things they see hidden in verses turned all upside down, and take for truth what sweetly strokes the ears and comes with sound of phrases fine imbued.

Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us.

She picked up the stout and took a sip. It slid down her throat like silk.

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.

There is a myth that those who do humanitarian work have a saviour mentality, but the relationship is reciprocal.

Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.

I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set.

Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.

Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.

I'm always looking for an opportunity to bring progressive Democrats together with some conservative libertarian types, because there are places where we can agree.