Why are my least favorite people always the most durable?

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.

There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.

It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

We have come to the determination to die, all of us, rather than abandon our God, and our religion.

It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward for taking time to do anything well.

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people.

I like this idea of identification with the local team. I think it's great. That's what an orchestra should be. It's an orchestra for its hometown, and it serves the people.

The residuum of another's expression can never be related to one's own feeling.

Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.

The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.