Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience? To this manly spirit, posterity will be indebted for the possession, and the world for the example, of the numerous innovations displayed on the American theatre, in favor of private rights and public happiness.

James Madison

Life is a dream from which we wake only when we meet death.Italic text

Paulo Coelho

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

Nikki Reed

I am what I am I was made this way When I want to laugh Yes I shriek with laughter I love those who love me It's my fault If they're not the same That I love everytime I am what I am I was made this way What more do you want What do you want from me

Jacques Prevert

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves

Charles Dickens

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

Ram Dass

Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.

John Greenleaf Whittier

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.

Johann von Goethe

Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.

William James

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

Kim Kardashian

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Henry Adams

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

Henry Van Dyke