Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles.

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

Lysander Spooner

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

Hillary Clinton

O'er all the hilltops Is quiet now, In all the treetops Hearest thou Hardly a breath; The birds are asleep in the trees: Wait; soon like these Thou too shalt rest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Charm is more than beauty.

Yiddish Proverb

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

William Hazlitt

Everything possible to be believed is an image of the truth.

Orson Scott Card

It's a delight to trust somebody so completely.

Jeff Goldblum

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

Alfred L. Kroeber

Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.

Robin McKinley

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.

Buffalo Bill

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Conor Cruise O'Brien