Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
Barbara Walters.
“The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.”
“Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds a...”
“A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.”
“I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even thoug...”
“First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.”
“Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.”
“Knowing the self is the biggest truth. If we find the truth within, we have found God.”
“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.”
“It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.It's not a weakness.It's your best strength.”
“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”