If a man means to be hard, let him keep in his saddle and speak from that height, above the level of pleading eyes, and with the command of a distant horizon.

Repeticio est mater studiorum.

Thomas Aquinas

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

Natalie Merchant

Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parson's damn.

Thomas Hardy

I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.

Matt Damon

However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.

John Stuart Mill

The more man realises his humanity, the lonelier he feels.

Ali Shariati

I cannot say that the attitude of the United Nations always is for the Israeli attitude. Israel, I think, has been under severe attacks by members of the United Nations many times.

Ariel Sharon

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

Jane Wagner

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Peter Drucker

When he is best, he is a little worse than a man and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.

William Shakespeare

Once can survive everything nowadays, except death.

Oscar Wilde

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

Florence Scovel Shinn