My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.

Edwin Louis Cole

Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!

Margaret Cho

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.

Charles Caleb Colton

Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews.

Pola Negri

The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

Boyd Rice

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.

Michael W. Smith

There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.

Oscar Wilde

The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Mark Twain

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

J. Donald Walters

Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign, but in the real world, it isn't.

Nick Hornby

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

William Shakespeare