All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Mark Twain

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

Albert Camus

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Alfred A. Montapert

They keep the old business. We keep the ongoing business.

Harvey Weinstein

Music is life and, like it, inextinguishable.

Carl Nielsen

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Jean de La Fontaine

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

Jerry Cantrell

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.

Amiri Baraka

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Blaise Pascal

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

E. Joseph Cossman

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all.

Tom Vilsack

She had argued for a broad interpretation, which imposed a duty to answer questions truthfully, and not to hide facts which could give a different complexion to a matter, but on subsequent thought she had revised her position.Although she still believed that one should be frank in answers to questions, this duty arose only where there was an obligation, based on a reasonable expectation, to make a full disclosure. There was no duty to reveal everything in response to a casual question by one who had no right to the information.

Alexander McCall Smith