The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

I also know that there have been many times in our history when the proximity of an election has induced exactly the kind of leadership and consensus-building that produce progress in our democracy.

Joe Lieberman

There must be hearts which know the depths of our being, and swear by us, even when the whole world forsakes us.

Gutzkow

I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Samuel Johnson

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

Erich Fromm

You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.

Nadia Giosia

For a moment he felt a wild hope: perhaps this really was a nightmare. Perhaps he would awake in his own bed, bathed in sweat, shaking, maybe even crying . . . but alive. Safe. Then he pushed the thought away. Its charm was deadly, its comfort fatal.

Stephen King

Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.

Samuel Johnson

Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.

Richard Lovelace

At least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often lose our way.

Mindy Starns Clark

But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind -- Act!

Orison Swett Marden

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Leo Buscaglia

The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology

Mark Twain