Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.

W. H. Auden

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.

Curt Schilling

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.

Jacques Barzun

Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.

Luigi Pirandello

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Albert Einstein

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

Jane Smiley

You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.

Adam Clayton

After I had the Caesarean, I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her, I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

Denise Van Outen

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

Plautus

You can never really know someone completely. That's why it's the most terrifying thing in the world, really - taking someone on faith, hoping they'll take you on faith too. It's such a pre-carious balance, it's a wonder we do it at all.

Libba Bray

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Robert M. Pirsig