The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

Dick Gregory

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part.

Jean M. Auel

Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.

Kim Cattrall

It is a strange desire, to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains, and it is sometimes base; and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall or at least an eclipse, which is a melancholy thing.

Francis Bacon, Essay 'Of Great P

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Jesus Christ

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

George Orwell

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Abraham Lincoln

We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength.

John M. McHugh

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

Fletcher Knebel

Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The teacher who would be true to his mission and accomplish the most good, must give prominence to moral as well as intellectual instruction.

Sheldon Jackson

One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all.Latin: Omnes una manet nox Et calcanda semel via leti

Horace, Odes