Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

Jeff Greenfield

The way that I approach my entire racing career is to do it right.

Willy T. Ribbs

For pity melts the mind to love.

John Dryden

When you deplore the conditions in the world, ask yourself, am I part of the problem or part of the solution?

Source Unknown

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Harry Mathews

Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

Anne Lamott

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are...

Cat Stevens

Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.

Samuel Butler

Breed is stronger than pasture.

George Eliot

I never thought that heav'n would lose its blue And sullen storm-clouds mask the gentle sky; I never thought the rose's velvet hue Would pale and sicken, though we said good-by. I never dreamed the lark would hush its note As day succeeded ever-drearier day, Nor knew the song that swelled the robin's throat Would fade to silence, when you went away. I never knew the sun's irradiant beams Upon the brooding earth no more would shine, Nor thought that only in my mocking dreams Would happiness that once I knew be mine. I never thought the slim moon, mournfully, Would shroud her pallid self in murky night. Dear heart, I never thought these things would be-I never thought they would, and I was right.

Dorothy Parker, Absence

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success, of any kind, as perseverance. It overcomes almost everything.

John D. Rockefeller

I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.

Sid Vicious