Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us.

Thomas Jefferson

The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasn't a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place.

Matthew Sweet

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.

Ben Barnes

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.

Haile Gebrselassie

Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

Hannah More

Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding

Samuel Johnson

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Irving Babbitt

She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words

Corey Ford

Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.

Alison Sweeney

In here I'm the guy who can get things for you... outside all you need is the Yellow Pages. I don't think I could make it.

Stephen King

For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.

Jello Biafra

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

Scott Adams