Poor David Hume is dying fast but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

I hope that America as a whole and especially its architects will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.

As the war on terror continues Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

And I hope America will realise as the only superpower now it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world and to support the United Nations.

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time representing every nation.

Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

It has never been and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair even though they both lead to the same destination.

As great scientists have said and as all children know it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington the place we learned to despise during the last administration.

Our shared conservative values our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation.

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have it is a world that moves away from unequal unstable unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

If you use your imagination you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles leaps fences penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

For President Obama 'home of the brave' are not just the last words of our national anthem but also a call to action. This is why the president's policies and our platform include incentives to train and hire our troops returning home. Not only because of our moral responsibility but because it makes for a stronger more secure American economy.

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

I tentatively believe in a god. I was brought up in a fairly religious home. I think the world is compatible with reincarnation karma all that stuff.