Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich,

Wilfrid Heed

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own.

Anne Ridler

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

Jill Scott

Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.

Benjamin Carson

You follow any family around, you're going to see elation, you're going to see disharmony.

Joan Jett

[Rome], who was formerly the gate of heaven, is now a sort of open mouth of hell.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge.

David Cronenberg

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.

Lord Greville

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Dwight D Eisenhower

I only feel like myself when I am alone.

Peter Cameron

I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.

Eddie Vedder

What you say about this world I do not quite agree with I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

William John Wills