Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

Any clock that can track this sideral schedule proves itself as perfect as God's magnificent clockwork.Dava Sobel

Dava Sobel

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.

Bill Maher

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

Thomas Malthus

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive.

Henry David Thoreau

Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.

Thomas Fuller

Tragedy is like strong acid -- it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power. History taught the same to many conservative and reactionary populist movements, whose real attitude to those in power and authority was one of a servile, envious, vicarious adoration.

Christopher Hitchens

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Fulton J. Sheen

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.

Yoko Ono

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

Billy Joel

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

Sydney Pollack

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.

Thomas Jefferson