The gang serves lies, the passionate Man plays his part; the cold passion for truth Hunts in no pack.

On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.

Fredrik Bajer

Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be.

Kurt Vonnegut

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

Oscar Wilde

love has a very dulling effect on the brain

Elizabeth Peters

My theme is going to be: Together we can win the future. The right policies lead to the right results. And I'm going to argue that President Obama will lose the future because the wrong policies lead to the wrong results.

Newt Gingrich

Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.

William Shakespeare

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

Luciano Pavarotti

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

Michelle Branch

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

E. J. Hobsbawm

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

C.S. Lewis

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? (Job 12:12)

Bible

Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.

Samuel Johnson