Cheerfulness, up to and including delusion and false hope, has a recognized place in medicine.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

If I continually focus on what I don’t have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it’s completely full.

Choice- Everyone has them, so take control!

I've got a new life now, a new future, there's a lot more to Lennox Lewis than just being a boxer.

Everlasting peace will come to the world when the last man has slain the last but one.

I could fall in love with a supernatural creature because I think it's hot having super powers and being a little bit of a badass.

We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

Kisses are the remnants of paradise.

Alex grabbed our things from the bike and bought them inside; then he fastened the tent closed, securing us in. "Come here, babe, I'll keep you warm.

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid.