I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Oscar Wilde

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Amy Lowell

If an ass goes traveling it will not come home a horse.

Proverb

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

Mitt Romney

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

George McGovern

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

E. M. Forster

Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.

Dorothy Day

Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.

William Shakespeare

Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.'Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life.

Cassandra Clare

I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject - skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to fiction. It was from my imagination that the characters in my story would emerge.

Amy Waldman

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Benjamin Franklin

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor