The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

Vineyards and shining harvests, pastures, arbors, And all this our very utmost toil Can hardly care for, we wear down our strength Whether in oxen or in men, we dull The edges of our ploughshares, and in return Our fields turn mean and stingy, underfed, And so today the farmer shakes his head, More and more often sighing that his work, The labour of his hands, has come to naught.

Lucretius, The Way Things Are, B

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Samuel Butler

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

Vince Carter

Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.

Kilari Anand Paul

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

Jane Smiley

You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.

Joan Jett

To a very large extent men and women are a product of how they define themselves. As a result of a combination of innate ideas and the intimate influences of the culture and environment we grow up in, we come to have beliefs about the nature of being human. These beliefs penetrate to a very deep level of our psychosomatic systems, our minds and brains, our nervous systems, our endocrine systems, and even our blood and sinews. We act, speak, and think according to these deeply held beliefs and belief systems.

Jeremy W. Hayward

Love is only half the illusion the lover, but not his love, is deceived.

George Santayana

There is no record in history of a happy philosopher.

H. L. Mencken

If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.

John Galsworthy

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return...

Deborah Barnes

Your tears are my prayers.

Elizabeth Gilbert