Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

Adoration is caring for God above all else.

Evelyn Underhill

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.

Willie Mays

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

Vanessa Marcil

...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

John Green

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

...but Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.

J.K. Rowling

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up by itself.

Woodrow Wilson

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Benjamin Franklin

Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such a time takes flight and, in her absence, wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride.

Pietro Aretino

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Warren Buffett

The most important tactic in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.

Sydney J. Harris

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

Zach Wamp