From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Ihr redet, wenn ihr aufhört mit euren Gedanken in Frieden zu sein.

Kahlil Gibran

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

Thomas Wolfe

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Dianne Feinstein

Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream.

Ronald Reagan

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.

Henrik Ibsen

'Tis not need we know our every thought or see the work shop where each mask is wrought wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit and serve our jape's turn for a night or two.

Ezra Pound

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

Paulo Coelho

This notion is more clearly understood by asking What do I know?.

Michel de Montaigne, Essays

Shortly after I met Bill Gates, Bill's dad asked each of us to write down on a piece of paper one word that would best describe what had helped us the most. Bill and I, without any collaboration at all, each wrote the word "focus.

Warren Buffett

You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many hours spent there with them, and many hours of conversation. But if - knock on wood - anything should ever happen to your dog, these nameless non-strangers will rally, sympathize, offer to help, and hold your hand. I know this from experience.

Susan Orlean

I feel sure that coups d'?tat would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.

Edmond de Goncourt

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.

Regis Philbin