Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.

Matthew Arnold

The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.

Josh McDowell

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

Andre Agassi

He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with him--even if I was no longer on earth.

Alexandra Adornetto

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.

Thomas Jefferson

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven.

Henry Fielding

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

Suzanne Vega

I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'

Elayne Boosler

Who knows what technology will emerge in the next five years, let alone 20. Yet the education we provide our children now is supposed to last for decades. We cannot train them for jobs that do not even exist yet, but we can provide them with the minds and tools they'll need to adapt to our ever-changing set of circumstances.

Jim Hunt

Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.

Ron Wyden

No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want,need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart .

Stephen King