In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.
Molly Ringwald
Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.
Jose Manuel Barroso
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
Samuel Richardson
A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'
Penn Jillette
Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
Salman Rushdie
It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.
Francois Hougaard
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
Anaïs Nin
We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life.
James Hansen
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
Daphne Rae
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
Cathy Guisewite
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.
Sandra Cisneros
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
William Hazlitt
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Ernest Hemingway