Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Vannevar Bush

The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.

Samuel Johnson

I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.

Virgil

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

Harold Wallace Ross

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.

Warren Earl Burger, Majority opi

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

Carol Moseley Braun

No storyteller has ever been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.

Lazarus Long

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.

Maria Bartiromo

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Chanakya

We must solve the problem in health care by curbing out-of-control costs that erode paychecks for working families and push quality coverage out of reach for millions of Americans.

Paul Ryan

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven.

William Shakespeare

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth

Dwight D Eisenhower