It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

Benjamin Carson

Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.

Brian Eno

I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses.

William Shakespeare

Why seek to scale Mount Everest, Queen of the Air,Why strive to crown that cruel crestAnd deathward dare?Said Mallory of dauntless quest'Because it's there.'

Robert William Service, Dauntles

I love you all too much, it's one of just of my problems.

Herve Villechaize

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

John Muir

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

Chuck Palahniuk

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.

Fritz Todt

I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business. I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it.

Kenneth Robert Livingstone

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Oscar Wilde

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Walt Disney