That all men are equal is a proposition which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously overcompensates a secret doubt.

You carry/All the ingredients/To turn your life into a nightmare--/Don't mix them!

I will not exorcise you—I’d miss your fragrance, the soft tread of your step on the stair

The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.

Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.

If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever.

So how was it?" she asked. "Kissing Curran?" "I can't let him kiss me again, because if he does, I'll sleep with him." Andrea blinked. "Well," she said finally, "At least you know where you stand.

I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent”s Robert Fisk, but it's hard to find voices like his in the U.S.

The cleanest souls are the easiest to soil.

Oppression is allowed to survive because people don't like to talk about it or about acts like what happened. We're hoping to counter some of that with the help of this banner.