Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation.

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

Sam Houston

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

Kurt Vonnegut

It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.

Neil Cavuto

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Swami Sivananda

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

Alfred Hitchcock

We are all star stuff.

Carl Sagan

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

Christiaan Barnard

Hope implies that you think you have a chance at something.

Richelle Mead

There were three things sought by invaders who crossed oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory. There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene.

Toba Beta

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms

Voltaire

You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.

Gary Allan

Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being.

Jodi Picoult