"Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert that religious faith necessarily upholds democratic values."

“The frequency of automobile accidents is declining in North Carolina, but the severity of accidents involving bodily injury is rising in the state. That's something we will keep our eyes on in preparing our request next February.”

“Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.”

“Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain.”

“It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.”

“Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.”

Source : Pittacus Lore (2011). “The Power of Six: Lorien Legacies”, p.138, Penguin UK

“People want me to do things, be a certain way and that's not going to happen. I'm going to be Albert Belle.”

“If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so excited by it that I would go across the country and lecture on it? If the answer is no, then here's my question: ‘Why not?’ Why wouldn't you have a superior financial plan that is taking you to the places you want to go?”

“It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.”

Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee