3 December 2020 P. J. O'Rourke When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
3 December 2020 Thomas Szasz Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
3 December 2020 Rob Portman We shouldn’t be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: ‘You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.’
3 December 2020 Jack Henry Abbott One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
3 December 2020 Charles C. Mann A world with a sudden limit on air travel would be tremendously different from the one we live in now.
3 December 2020 Albert Camus Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
3 December 2020 Miley Cyrus I have four shelves covered with journals that I’ve written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I’ve probably written 100 songs.
3 December 2020 Calvin Klein There has been a change in men’s attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion they’re not afraid of it.
3 December 2020 Tori Amos I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom’s family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car – it was the late sixties – and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols.
3 December 2020 Charles Baudelaire I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.
3 December 2020 Debra Messing I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we’re living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal.
3 December 2020 Robert M. Pirsig To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
3 December 2020 William Blake The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does.
3 December 2020 John L. Phillips My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
3 December 2020 Ernest Hemingway All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they had really happened.
3 December 2020 Frederick Douglass We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.
3 December 2020 Robert Teeter This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.
3 December 2020 Theresa May We’ve got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
3 December 2020 Timothy Radcliffe This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful.
3 December 2020 Tom Vilsack Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front.
3 December 2020 Lee Haney As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.
3 December 2020 Daryl Hall If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don’t have their assistants and entourage, it’s funny to see what happens.
3 December 2020 John Marshall To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
3 December 2020 Amanda Seyfried Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can’t portray when you’re acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel.
3 December 2020 Robert Duvall When I’m at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.
