I can't do with mountains at close quarters -- they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Joseph Addison

Never tell your story to a deaf man.

Proverb

Part of my job is to train people to break down an involved question into a series of simple matters. Then we can all act intelligently

Richard Deupree

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Warren G. Bennis

I don't fake relationships, vibes, or anything with people. I just keep it real, and some people think I have a cold heart for that.

Lil Skies

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

Ralph J. Cudworth

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.

Adam Lambert

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

Paul Cezanne

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

Rush Limbaugh

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Oliver Goldsmith

It would have been magical I was sure, if I hadn't caught my marshmallow on fire and dropped it on his shoe.

Holly Hood