Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.

Elizabeth Gilbert

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

Amelia Earhart

My own feeling is that if adultery is wickedness then so is food. Both make me feel so much better afterward.

Kurt Vonnegut

If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The philosopher with his two eyes sees double, so is unable to see the unity of the Truth.

Mahmud Shabistari

Well, we didn't have our original drummer on our last record. And most of that album was not played as a band in the studio. It was mostly the world of computers and overdubs. There was very few things played live or worked out as a band.

James Iha

Each star had cost an effort. For each there had been planning, watching and anticipation. Each one recalled to me a place, a time, a season. Each one now has a personality. The stars, in short, had become my stars.

Leslie C. Peltier

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.

Ursula K. Le Guin

I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.

Ivan Sergeevich

The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

Paul Ryan

Design is an unknown.

Geoffrey Beene

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Everett Dirksen