Stephen Colbert - A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the c

David King - "Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism."

Stephen Colbert - I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

John Green - You can love someone so much, but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.

Kavita Ramdas - We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can

Kimberly Elise - I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

Zoraida Pesante - I am not a perfect mother and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.

Tupac Shakur - I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

Jimmy Carter - I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Theodore Hesburgh - The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Barry Bonds - Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

Wendy Williams - I didn't ask to be a role model. I don't like that responsibility. But if you see something in me that you really adore, thank you.

Ben Bernanke - If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.

Rupi Kaur - My heart is beating, and I’m breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that.

Audrey Niffenegger - When I was young I didn’t understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

Pope John XXIII - “It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.”

Alanis Morissette - Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journe