Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

She’s into authentic hearts and mind shattering conversations. Good music and quirky art. Weirdness and eccentric people. Love, kindness and genuine souls. She’s into all this and so much more.

Did you once own ruby slippers, and did a house fall on your head? You're a daft little munchkin.

Unto those who have, it shall, uncannily, be given.Unto those who have not, it shall, uncannily, be taken away.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

I’m not 'aw shucks'. Because I'm gnarly.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

Arsenal haven't won anything for three years, so they're used to success

There's things that I couldn't joke about but other people could.

Travel is fatal to bigotry.

Create yourself. Be yourself your poem.