William "Boss" Tweed was in such thorough control in New York that he made money off of the report the committee printed after investigating him.

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.

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

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

While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.

It's about loving you so much that it makes me feel miserable and elated at the same time. It's about needing you so much that I feel like I can't breathe without you.

It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple.("For The Rest Of Her Life")

All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.

I like me some of Wayne stuff. I think he's the one exception as far as the auto-tune thing goes.

Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.

I want to be a skater.

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

Please tell me the cave just had a little indigestion. (Kat)