We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Will Rogers

A biography is like a handshake down the years, that can become an arm-wrestle.

Richard Holmes

I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

Harry Belafonte

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half if physical

Yogi Berra

I couldn't beat people with my strength I don't have a hard shot I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.

Wayne Gretzky

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Why would I spend my time writing software in a language below the grade of love, if I can use one that makes my brain sing?

David Heinemeier Hansson

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.

Mary Wollstonecraft

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

Johann Ludwig Tieck

we thought we left possession behindbut truth is i was yours and you were mine

Ani DiFranco

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justinian

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.

Friedrich Nietzsche