I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

Mark Twain

The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.

Mahatma Gandhi

Everything is politics.

Thomas Mann

The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.

Virginia Woolf

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it as the old woman did her lost spectacles. Safe on her own nose all the time.

Josh Billings

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Baltasar Gracian

Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.

Criss Angel

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market.

Monique Lhuillier

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.

David James Elliott