"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."
- J.K. Rowling
"Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention."
- Christopher Paolini
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
- H.L. Mencken
"Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at."When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably com..."
- David Sedaris
"Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone."
- Rashedur Ryan Rahman
"Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale."
- David Eddings
"With or without God, good decisions can be made; But only with God will great decisions be made."
- Damon Thueson
"Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still waters! He was very powerful, and the fact that He expected you to think for yourself and do some..."
- Anne Holm
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."
- Hippolyte Taine
"When did you get so clever?""When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought."
- John Connolly