Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
The final Brexit deal must ensure there is no diminution in Britain’s national security or ability to tackle cross-border crime. Keir Starmer Read Quote
I don’t think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse. Ivan Reitman Read Quote
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White Read Quote
I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They’re so earnest about it. But that’s true of so many things. Christopher Guest Read Quote
Television does devour you because you have all sorts of responsibilities, and I really needed to renew myself. I think I owed it to myself. So I honored myself and quit. I think that’s a wonderful way to put it. Charlotte Rae Read Quote
Death Row inmates are almost twice as expensive to house each year as other inmates. Death penalty trials are much costlier than trials where execution is not a potential punishment and consume more time from judges, public defenders, and other legal personnel. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
One gets wrapped up in reacting to one’s own reputation, which can be a kind of trap. Rirkrit Tiravanija Read Quote
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant – constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually. Rahul Gandhi Read Quote
