"All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change." — Octavia Butler, American science fiction author, born 1947
"Jack the Ripper's mother, who said to Jack, How come I never see you with the same girl twice?" — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"Aladdin, who said to his wife, I know it's not a lamp, keep rubbing!" — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"Michelangelo's girlfriend, who said to Angelo, Forget the paint - let's put a mirror on the ceiling." — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year to support a kid in India. So he sent his kids there." — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"Steven Spielberg's mother, who said to E.T., I don't care where you're from, you're here and you're gonna get bar mitzvahed!" — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"Adam, who said to Eve, What do you mean you have nothing to wear?" — Red Buttons, American comedian, born 1919
"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey." — Lord Byron, English poet, born 1788
"There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love." — Lord Byron, English poet, born 1788
"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves." — Lord Byron, English poet, born 1788
"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers." — Lord Byron, English poet, born 1788
"The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain." — Lord Byron, English poet, born 1788
"Prayer is powerful! It fills the earth with mercy, it makes the Divine clemency pass from generation to generation; right along the course of the centuries wonderful works have been achieved through prayer." — Frances Cabrini, Italian-American nun, born 1850