We are not made for life at all, old horse. It is made for us. We live it. We leave it.

The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.

Bill Toomey

It's better to have nothing,' the children were saying.

Marilynne Robinson

The language of truth is simple.

Euripides

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

Adam Smith

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer.

Jerome K. Jerome

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

Source Unknown

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Clarence Darrow

I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.

Stevie Smith

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Ayn Rand

What we've got here is a failure to communicate.

Donn Pearce

The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man.

Chief Seattle

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

Warren Bennis