There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

The secret of culture is to learn, that a few great points steadily reappear,???and that these few are alone to be regarded, the escape from all false ties; courage to be what we are; and love of what is simple and beautiful; independence, and cheerful r

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

Corrine Brown

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

Aristotle

But what Kezia liked more than anything, what she liked frightfully, was the lamp. It stood in the middle of the dining-room table, an exquisite little amber lamp with a white globe. It was filled all ready for lighting, though, of course, you couldn't light it. But there was something inside that looked like oil and moved when you shook it. The father and mother dolls, who sprawled very stiff as though they had fainted in the drawing-room, and their two little children asleep upstairs, were really too big for the doll's house. They didn't look as though they belonged. But the lamp was perfect. It seemed to smile at Kezia, to say, 'I live here.' The lamp was real.

Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's

The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.

Alan Dershowitz

God is the name we give our conscience.

Nader Shureih

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!

Charles Dickens

It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.

John Irving

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

Helen Terry

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs.

Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Saint Augustine

Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?

Dennis Moore