being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.

We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.

Alastair Campbell

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

Henry David Thoreau

Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.

Helen Fisher

The Brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing, and think it were not night.

William Shakespeare

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.

Doug Larson

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

Martin Luther

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.

Lyn Nofziger

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

John Legend

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.

Walter Annenberg

I wish the first word I ever said was the word quote, so right before I die I could say unquote.

Steven Wright

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Walter Savage Landor