A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the…

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.…

— Saul Bellow

The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If I can't be sure of the actual events any more, I can at least be true to the impressions those facts left.”

— Julian Barnes

For the first time in longer than I can remember, I feel peaceful. Not happy. Not sad. Not anxious. Not horny. Just all the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I think that's unfortunate. I've always been voluptuous with a…

— Holly Madison

Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake…

— Val Kilmer

The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism.

— Ovadia Yosef

All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next…

— Jonathan Swift

Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other…

— Peter Orszag

While opponents label (Howard) Dean a throwback liberal, The New York Times recently noted that as governor, Dean cut income taxes, reformed welfare and…

— Jon Stewart

The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first step is…

— Rick Doblin

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire…

— Jewel

But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.

— Ron D. Burton

If our homes should provide anything, they should provide a sense of who we are and how we got here, a sense of connection…

— Terence Conran

There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on…

— Diana Gabaldon