Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

Life is an incurable disease.

For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.

Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

Learning from your mistake is good, but learning from others mistake is better.

Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that.

Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

I think, that after the arrival of the mechanical clock we see an explosion in scientific thinking and scientific discovery.

Satan could make an "A" in my Systematic Theology course. He knows the information and knows that the information is true.

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.