The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!

Charles Dickens

I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.

Billy Graham

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

William J. H. Boetcker

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Pope John Paul II

People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

Glenn Beck

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.

William Butler Yeats

And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

Clint Eastwood

The sacred lamp of dayNow dipt in western clouds his parting day.

William Falconer, The Shipwreck

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Jean de la Bruyere

Success is not to be pursued it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Jim Rohn

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

Denis Waitley

In the course of a life devoted less to living than to reading, I have verified many times that literary intentions and theories are nothing more than stimuli and that the final work usually ignores or even contradicts them.

Jorge Luis Borges