Alack, there lies more peril in thine eyeThan twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet,And I am proof against their enmity.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Stephen Jay Gould

Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.

Sir Girad

My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any money, because Africa was the 'dark continent', and because I was a girl.

Jane Goodall

Reason is the natural order of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning.

C. S. Lewis

The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.

Lillie Langtry

Please God, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them.

Source Unknown

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

William Blake

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

Terry Pratchett

Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented with a pianoforte for a wife, and a string quartet for a family.

George Bernard Shaw

If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.

Oscar Wilde

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar