The community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

William J. Clinton

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

George Bernard Shaw

I think no virtue goes with size; The reason of all cowardice Is, that men are overgrown, And, to be valiant, must come down To the titmouse dimension.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one's destruction or their use. A standard both to buy and sell, all things from heaven down to hell.

Samuel Butler

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

Wilferd A. Peterson

Nowadays people can be divided into three classes -- the haves the have-nots and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves

Earl Wilson

Life was a revolving mystery, sometimes terrifying, sometimes maddening. But always provocative. Interesting. And although its meaning seemed beyond my grasp, it never seemed meaningless.

Christina Meldrum

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.

Clare Boothe Luce

I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.

Ernest Hemingway

If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today

Olin Miller

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

Ogden Nash

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

Steven Curtis Chapman