Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.

Any big hotels have got scandals,' he said. 'Just like every big hotel has got a ghost. Why? Hell, people come and go.

Stephen King

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

Simone Weil, Human Personality 1

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.

Margaret Walker

I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.

Edna Ferber

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Nelson Mandela

The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.

Mitch Hedberg

Evangelism is the spontaneous overflow of a glad and free heart in Jesus Christ.

Robert Munger

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

Ruth Rendell

I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds.

William James

Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.

Benjamin Todd Jealous

It's a weird sensation to be mad and learning at the same time.

Jeff Foxworthy