"You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues."

“Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.”

Source : "Do College Admissions Officers Care About Community Service?" by Nancy Lublin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.

“One of many problems with survey research in general is that you can only survey the survivors. In other words, if you were to do a survey of people who were known to have played Russian Roulette and you sent out the questions before the time they were going to play and then you come back six months after they played Russian Roulette, you would probably discover that among the people who did come back there was no harm done.”

“Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.”

“Paradigms can be asked to show their worth, an some of them do not stand up.”

Source : "Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy". Book by Simon Blackburn, 1999.

“I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.”

“When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.”

“It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy.”

“Viral videos arent just about being funny. Theyre about identity creation.”