And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn't that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people. As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with violence only multiplies voilence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Martin Luther King Jr.

In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

William Shakespeare

I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.

Henry David Thoreau

Don't be afraid of failure be afraid of petty success.

Maude Adams

It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment --but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

Louise Slaughter

I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

Yoshihiko Noda

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

Alexander Alekhine

This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.

Du Fu

I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

Larry King