A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Sandra Day O'Connor

War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

William Hazlitt

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

Abdolkarim Soroush

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth.

Frank Luntz

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

Madeleine L'Engle

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.

Jerry Seinfeld

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Oscar Wilde

The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.

Paul Martin

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory thatsomeone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of livingis a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one dayyou look down and see how much pain has eroded.

Jodi Picoult

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.

Charley Lau