It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

Benjamin Franklin

He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act.

Claude A. Helvetius

I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.

Fay Godwin

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

Henry Cabot Lodge

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Khalil Gibran

Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.

Stephen King

Best thing you could probably do as a father is make sure they see how much you love their mother.

Matthew McConaughey

I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'

Henry Louis Gates

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.

Mitch Albom

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Nick Lampson

Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.

Sophocles

What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience with sufficient character to resist temptations.

Calvin Coolidge