As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take precautions against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition: I dread our being too much dreaded.

Edmund Burke, Reflections on the

If there's to be damnation, she had said, let it be of my choosing, not theirs. He knew a little about damnation himself and he had an idea that the lessons, far from being done, were just beginning.

Stephen King

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me.

David Wells

No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.

Lee Rudolph

I will only add, God bless you.

Jane Austen

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

William Jennings Bryan

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

George Carlin

The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveler from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.

Horace Walpole

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

Dan Quayle

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service.

Anne Lamott

Los caballos de mi sueño, que caían y volvían a levantarse me vinieron a la mente, porque me he caído y vuelto a levantar muchas veces en la vida, pero ninguna caída fue tan dura como la de tu muerte.

Isabel Allende

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.

Ethel Waters