This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed

He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning.

The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along.

A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house.

A young mark twain on the make: "I can't turn in inkstand into Aladdin's lamp.

The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal

I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie

Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength.

Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable.

Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson

It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt

The science of genetics is in a transition period, becoming an exact science just as the chemistry in the times of Lavoisier, who made the balance an indispensable implement in chemical research.

I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.

I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980].

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

I don't hate you. I don't think I ever really did. It was just anger. And once I faced it head-on, once understood it, it dissipated. -Mia

Trophies separate the winners from losers, and life is about winning and losing. Go into business and you see. You're competing every day.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

God forgets those who reject proof that they are wrong.

God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory.