"She cannot see an institution without hitting it with her handbag."

“When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him. He settled for everything, and then He cried, 'It is finished.' And on the basis of that finished work, God can freely forgive, and justify completely, every poor sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ.”

“If men could get pregnant, abortion clinics would be like Starbucks - two on every block and four in every airport. And the morning-after pill would come in different flavors like sea salt and cool ranch.”

“Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.”

Source : Nathalie Sarraute (1990). “The age of suspicion: essays on the novel”, George Braziller

“Nelson Mandela is a leader Barack Obama should try to emulate... He could start by spending 27 years in prison.”

“When well-qualified, upper middle-class blacks or Latinos or Asians move to predominantly white neighborhoods, there's what's called the tipping point. That tipping point is generally 15 percent; at 15 percent you begin to see white flight.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

“American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.”

“I'd like to be a giant enabler.”

“I find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for the abusive, the insane, and the despotic. All challenges easily as thrilling to me as scrambling over icy rock in a pair of barely adequate boots.”

Source : David Rakoff (2002). “Fraud: Essays”, p.20, Anchor