If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

Ronald Reagan

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Mike Myers

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Samuel Johnson

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

William Goldman

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.

Thomas A. Edison

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder.

William Joseph Slim

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive.

Paul Ryan

The first step is the hardest.

Marie De VichyChamrond

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

Bobby Knight

The architect should strive continually to simplify the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

Frank Lloyd Wright

The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the 'Family Values' issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media.

Tony Campolo

While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

Andrew Motion