Man is not a Yahoo, but he is rather like a Yahoo and needs to be reminded of it from time to time.

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to reinforce self-interest

Bertrand Russell

Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Harriet Tubman, attributed, also

We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, we'd never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them.

Jon Ronson

Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.

Robert Teeter

I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.

Gail Simmons

And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut.

Little Richard

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Norman Vincent Peale

Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

Anita DeFrantz

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Then, as a single snowflake flares and flickers upon voicing its final breath, so two eyes make silent conversation with mine. A face as iridescent as candle-fire purls verse and poetry. My eyes read her every intent as a wave of recollections floods my senses.

Craig Froman

A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

Berthe Morisot

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

Max Beerbohm