Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

Billie Jean King

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

Lord Chesterfield

I loved my friendHe went away from meThere's nothing more to sayThe poem ends soft as it began -I loved my friend.

Langston Hughes

Now is the watchword of the wise.

Proverb

Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.

William Shakespeare

Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.

David Hume

The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted.

Gregor Mendel

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

George S. Patton

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Leonardo da Vinci

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Robert Burns

Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.

Todd Akin

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

Ada Leverson