An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.

Noam Chomsky

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

Bobby Jindal

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Jimmy Carter

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.

Alban Berg

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

Jodi Picoult

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Benjamin Franklin

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

Jonathan Edwards

It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.

Rory McIlroy

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

Chris Evert

Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.

Wendell Willkie

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Henry David Thoreau