Their dream had left me numb and cold, But yet my spirit rose in pride, Refashioning in burnished gold The images of those who died, Or were shut in the penal cell. Here's to you, Pearse, your dream not mine, But yet the thought, for this you fell, Has turned life's water into wine.

In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.

Bob Riley

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Gail Godwin

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

Cher

There is the truth; everything else is a cache.

Anonymous

I normally don't eat junk food.

Martin Yan

Without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived. The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he mustin spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressuresand that is the basis of all human morality. In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his consciencethe loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow meneach man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredientthey can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

Desiderius Erasmus

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Harold MacMillan

Avarice is always poor

Samuel Johnson

I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.

Ariel Sharon

Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.

Robert Townsend

I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonadethen find someone that life gave vodka to and have a party.

Ron White