Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

Ambrose Bierce

His heart had been broken. And now all these years later, it seemed to him that the most horrible fact of human existance was that broken hearts mended.

Stephen King, Wizard and Glass

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.

E. M. Cioran

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

Ron Fournier

The computer is a moron.

Peter Drucker

I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time.

Matt LeBlanc

Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken.

Mark Spitz

Sin will take you where you didn't plan to go. It will keep you there longer than you planned to stay. And it will cost you more than you intended to pay

James L. Nicodem

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

Bertrand Russell

Live authentically. Why would you continue to compromise something that's beautiful to create something that is fake.

Steve Maraboli

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Samuel Smiles

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Bruce Lee