Intelligence, Kant reminds, is not so much a result of genius, rather it is a consequence of a determination to use it.

None of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. Romans 14:7

Bible

To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.

Cardinal De Richelieu

The acquisition of riches has been to many not an end to their miseries, but a change in them: The fault is not in the riches, but the disposition.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

Johann von Goethe

Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life.

Jerry Weller

Yeah, this is night Dudders. This is what we call it when it goes all dark like this!*Dudley goes bright red* I mean when you're in bed!Whatdya mean? Am I supposed to be scared of pillows or something?

J.K. Rowling

Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

Jimmy Buffett, A Pirate Looks At

Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.

Alice Meynell

Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.

Paulo Coelho

You wrestle one night, get up the next morning and fly out to the next city. You try to work out, you try to get some food into you and, lo and behold, you have to go work again. You are living out of a suitcase.

Bill Goldberg

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

Newt Gingrich

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Margaret Anderson