The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

Bill Shankly

Even the devil gives some justice to his victims, when they're beyond all help.

Orson Scott Card

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

David Hume

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.

Kathy Freston

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Mason Cooley

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

Jane Austen

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.

Thomas Jefferson

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger.

Brian Tracy

My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ. Young actors could make mistakes and not become the focus of tabloids.

Ricky Schroder

For we put the power in the people.

William Penn

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

Ted Williams