I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don’t think it’s intelligent, and it’s not sane. So why would you want to support it?
Alice WalkerArguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Oscar WildeI’ve always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I’ve heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every relative I question has a completely different story from the last.
David BowieMy mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one.
Groucho MarxThe most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It’s inflammatory.
Tennessee WilliamsSo while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
Barack ObamaWhen we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance.
Richard BransonFriendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Samuel JohnsonMy mom, she was a very, very soft woman. It was hard for her to yell or even curse. But when it came to fighting for her kids, she found a strength she didn’t always know she had.
Angelina JolieLanguage is the dress of thought.
Samuel JohnsonIs it not important to find out how to listen not only to what is being said but to everything – to the noise in the streets, to the chatter of birds, to the noise of the tramcar, to the restless sea, to the voice of your husband, to your wife, to your friends, to the cry of a baby?
Jiddu KrishnamurtiThere is something about building up a comradeship – that I still believe is the greatest of all feats – and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It’s the intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got. It’s really a very pleasant sensation.
Edmund HillaryI’ve had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O’Connor told me, ‚Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you’ll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.‘
Ruth Bader GinsburgI’m trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it – I think that’s important.
Joel OsteenI love the natural world – it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.
Alice WalkerThe great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!
Angelina JolieSome believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
Alan WattsFor small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Carl SaganThe mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.
Eleanor RooseveltI come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
Erma BombeckTonight – to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans – I ask for your support.
Richard M. NixonWhenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‚Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.‘ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger.
Maya AngelouThe ear is the avenue to the heart.
VoltaireEloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
Blaise PascalOccasionally I’ve seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.
Billy GrahamThe kindness that’s been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it’s really saved my life.
Lady GagaWe have language and they do not. Chimps communicate by embracing, patting, looking – all these things. And they have lots of sounds. But they cannot sit and discuss. They cannot teach about things that are not present, as far as we know.
Jane GoodallWe awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
Elbert HubbardIf people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.
Michelle ObamaWords mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya AngelouBasketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That’s what’s important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.
LeBron JamesI am for people. I can’t help it.
Charlie ChaplinIf I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don’t believe in it.
Karl LagerfeldThe true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
VoltaireThe problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.
Lou HoltzI actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.
Angelina JolieNo person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Alice WalkerI make friends faster and easier than journalists.
Anthony BourdainIf Jesus were here today, he wouldn’t be riding around on a donkey. He’d be taking a plane, he’d be using the media.
Joel OsteenI’m sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.
Joyce MeyerA good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.
Nelson MandelaWhen I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it’s less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.
Angelina JolieFear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Dale CarnegieI love being a dad. I just love it.
Jerry SeinfeldActually, I didn’t start sweating until I had children.
Dave GrohlPlant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
Jean-Jacques RousseauMy husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
Queen Elizabeth IIThe more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
Benjamin DisraeliYou can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Audrey HepburnNobody’s ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.
Madeleine AlbrightMy parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
Kobe BryantInsults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
Jean-Jacques RousseauForeign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
Joe BidenI wouldn’t say that anyone in fashion is on my side. I don’t think there’s anyone on my side.
Kanye WestSometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Albert SchweitzerKnowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
Hermann HesseI never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
Abraham LincolnMy humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond TutuI thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I’m just more sexually attracted to women. But I’m really glad that I found a few gay friends, because it totally saved me from becoming a monk or something.
Kurt CobainAfter one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.
Nelson Mandela