Error is acceptable as long as we are young but one must not drag it along into old age.

For our face and body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straigth and thin and hard and strong. And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.

Ayn Rand

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

Warren Weaver

At that point where you have decided to upgrade from aspiration to expectation and have begun to visualize an outcome, something incredibly important has happened, you have committed to the process of change.

Lorii Myers

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

Steven Wright

As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.

Goldwin Smith

Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.

John Baldacci

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Kris Kristofferson

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.

William Dunbar

I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.

Robin Trower

I'm not gonna ride home in the car. I'll wait for Randy. I think I'll get home quicker.

Patsy Cline