The happiness in this life does not consist of being devoid of passion, but mastering them.

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.

Dave Barry

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

James Garfield

Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies.

Jeremy Rifkin

In search of my mother's garden I found my own.

Alice Walker

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.

Lady Gaga

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Thomas B. Macaulay

BlessBacks: Souvenirs for those who express their gratitude to their illuminators.

Julie Saffrin

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion, insofar as it sets that three-quarters free and communicates self-confidence and mutual cheerful agreeableness to those who know they are subject to its law.

Friedrich Nietzsche

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

E. M. Forster

There are hundreds of languages in the world but a smile speaks them all.

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

Big mouthfuls often choke.

Italian Proverb