"I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that there are many such examples."

“Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president,”

Source : "Rove's Take: Gen. Clark-McCain-Obama Triangle". "On the Record" with Greta Van Sustern, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2008.

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”

“His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he should be able to pull things from his dreams. In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”

“Menny think tha luv their husbands almost tew deth, when in fack, tha are only jealous ov them.”

“The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical.”

Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (1999). “Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought”, p.3, Basic Books

“If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.”

“Daily life shouldn't be a fashion show all the time.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Jul 15, 2013

“I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.”

Source : "Matthew Lillard Talks Fat Kid Rules the World, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.