It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.

Too often man handles life as he does the bad weather, He whiles away the time as he waits for it to stop.

Alfred Polgar

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

Benjamin Franklin

Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool.

Cameron Crowe

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

George Jean Nathan

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

Olivia De Havilland

I've never really broken this down before, but, in movies, you almost have no connection to fans. And if you do TV, you're kind of connected, but they know you as the TV name not your real name. If you do radio, there's more of a bond there. And then if you do a podcast it's like you're literally inside of your fans.

Adam Carolla

I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.

Lyn Nofziger

I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

Judith McNaught

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Confucius

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Albert Einstein

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome

John F. Kennedy

I found you essay to be good and original. However, the part that was original was not good and the part that was good was not original.

Samuel Johnson