There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.

Friends are the sunshine of life.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.

The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them.—Ditta

Chase your dreams even with the last breath.

Your Temporary Santa, "He says presents aren't important, but I think they are- not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say 'I understand you.

The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.

Playing Etta James in the movie 'Cadillac Records' really changed me. It was a darker character, and I realized that if anything is too comfortable, I want to run from it. It's no fun being safe.

Natural epidemics can be extremely large. Intentionally caused epidemics, bioterrorism, would be the largest of all.

The average person works at fifty percent or less of their potential. Your job is to unleash that extra fifty percent.

A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.

The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem.

I don't need the perfect one, I just need somebody who will make me feel like I'm the only one.