The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well.

Linda M. Godwin

We've turned into a whining society.

Billy Corgan

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Henry James

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself.

Graham Swift

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

Ursula K. Le Guin

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

Rick Pitino

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

Josiah Royce

Everyone went donuts over them

Leslie Hochsztein

While Owen and Miles talk sports, I people watch. And this is what I see: teenagers trying to act like adults. Or how they think adults act. But mostly they look ridiculous, and I wonder what they don't want to do something that's more fun than drinking, smoking, flirting, and making out. Why are those activities considered to be fun?

Melody Carlson

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.

Kahlil Gibran

I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician.

Blythe Danner