Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

Robert Downey, Jr.

To create a little flower is the labor of ages.

William Blake

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill

People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.

Robyn Hitchcock

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Anatole France

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

Gerry Adams

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems.

Timothy Murphy

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.

A. Lou Vickery

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.

William Hague

In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place, and in the morning the weatherman could report if the water level of the Reservoir of Tears had gone up or down, and you could know if New York is in heavy boots.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.

Gloria Swanson

My background is in health care.

Bobby Jindal