Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.

Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."— Aristotle

To lose Is to learn.

It is important that gang members are aware that if they engage in aggravated assault, maiming, kidnapping, or manslaughter that they will receiving a minimum sentence of 30 years.

My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the covers of books.

He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry

I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'

Somewhere, deep within her, surfaces a tiny clockwork submarine. There are times when you can only take the next step. And then another.