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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living.

I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.

When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'

A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life.

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at restaurants, at family functions, just about anywhere.

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.