All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a

A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

B.F. Skinner

I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship.

Helen Reddy

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own.

Victor Hugo

Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

Louis L'Amour

Shine bright, be yourself.

Stephen Richards

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.

William Shakespeare

Winning is nice if you don't lose your integrity in the process.

Arnold Horshak

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Mark Twain

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

William Hurt

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time.

W.H. Auden

The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. ... Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that level of shared disinterest known as the public good.

John Ralston Saul, The Unconscio