This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.

Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!

CinderHeart: You’re the one that changed every thing. LoinBlaze: No. This was all decided before I was born.

The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act.

Political Wire is one of the absolute must-read sites in the blogosphere.

Everyone's crazy except you and me.

Jacks are home runs. So are dongs, bombs, and big flies. Baseball people express their fondness for a thing by thinking up lots of different ways to say it.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

It's fortunately a kind of society we live in where we can be diverse. People can take different paths and not feel like they're doing something wrong.