Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Posterity will pay everyone their due.

Tacitus

I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.

Leonard Cohen

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

Louisa May Alcott

On a soap, happiness never lasts for very long!

Chandler Massey

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

Peace Pilgrim

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

Vladimir Nabokov

I had the bluesbecause I had no shoesuntil upon the street,I met a man who had no feet.

Anon., attributed to several: De

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

Pope Benedict XVI

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thomas Jefferson

Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'

Steven Wright