Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power.

For most of my life, I did deliberately lead a private life and inadvertently led a public life.

Chelsea Clinton

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

Soichiro Honda

The blessing of an active mind, when it is in a good condition, is, that it not only employ itself, but is almost sure to be the means of giving wholesome employment to others.

Source Unknown

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Frank Moore Colby

The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, The very rich are different from you and me. And how someone had said to Julian, Yes, they have more money.

Ernest Hemingway

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.

Hannah Storm

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Erma Bombeck

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

Mencius (Mengzi Mengtse)

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

James Branch Cabell

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

Julie Bishop

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

Joan Rivers

The healthy die first.

Italian Proverb