Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

[T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.

A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

I think our lives are surely but the dreamsOf spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

My self-esteem is not tied to the approval of others.

I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

My sense of god is my sense of wonder about the universe.

I wasn't reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as anthropology and law and culture.

It is time for everyone to sit down -the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity-and come up with suitable solutions to these problems.

To speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.

I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

I am happy to receive any items of jewelry.

Don't worry, Mrs. Colder. For the most part, we keep him leashed and gagged. We only let him free when the cute little animal jokes are needed. ~Sherra Callahan (on Kane Tyler)~

I was raped by a doctor. Which is, you know, so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.