In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Are you okay? You seem ...soggy.""Soggy?""Yes." Heather nodded. "Like you're a depressed spaghetti noodle or something.

It is only when one knows the unutterability of the name of God that one can utter the name of Jesus Christ

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

Walsall have given City more than one anxious moment amongst many anxious moments

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.

I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.

An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.

You can invest with less risk and make more money in the stock market. All you have to do is not be an average investor. Intelligence is the ability to make finer distinctions.