I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

Niccolo Machiavelli

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power

Samuel Johnson

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

Elizabeth Edwards

...beauty is not symmetry of parts- that's so impotent -as Mishima says, beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs

John Geddes

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

Mike Ditka

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Henry Ward Beecher

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.

Brent Scowcroft

Lately, I've been a little sad that I'm not a gay man.

Gina Gershon

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Norman Vincent Peale

Excellence can be attained if you care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical, and Expect more than others think is possible.

Anon., also called: Cadet Maxim

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Voltaire