There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs --apart from discernment --a certain greatness to find him.

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

W. H. Auden

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

Glenn Beck

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Michelangelo

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

Jim Clyburn

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Samuel Butler

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.

LaoTzu

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

Mahalia Jackson

A strenuous soul hates cheap success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

John Podhoretz

If the great internet connects us all ... then why are so many of us becoming increasingly isolated?

Stephen Richards

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

Lee Atwater