Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.

Thomas Sowell

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

Laura Schlessinger

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.

Kenneth Koch

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

Glenda Jackson

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

Arnold H. Glasow

but something always went wrong, and the relationship would end precisely at the moment when she was sure that this was the person with whom she wanted to spend the rest of her life. After a long time, she came to the conclusion that men brought only pain, frustration, suffering and a sense of time dragging.

Paulo Coelho

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Dion Boucicault

HOBBES:Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

Bill Watterson

One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Johann von Goethe

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Frederic Chopin

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

Saxby Chambliss