The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.

I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?

Albert Wynn

Then the enchantment became more dreamlike, until he felt that an endless river of swelling gold and silver was flowing over him, too multitudinous for its pattern to be comprehended; it became part of the throbbing air about him, and it drenched and drowned him. Swiftly he sank under its shining weight into a deep realm of sleep.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

Judy Blume

My next adventure will be being in a car with Mischa at the wheel.

Rachel Bilson

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

J. William Fulbright

If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost.

Jaron Lanier

Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

Arthur Smith

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

Edith Wharton

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.

Helen Rowland

In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

Warren Mitchell

For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten, The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go.

Zooey Deschanel