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

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

Thomas Jefferson

My friend Winnie is a procrastinator. He didn't get hisbirthmark until he was eight years old.

Steven Wright

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

William Penn

This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood.

Anne Frank

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.

William Osler

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Lord Chesterfield

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

Walter Benjamin

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.

Edward P. Morgan

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Sir Richard Steele

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Benjamin Franklin

I would never have gone anywhere if it hadn't been for Mother's faith and support.

Patsy Cline