Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Henry David Thoreau

I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street whensuddenly the prescription ran out.

Steven Wright

Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes. It enhances his roles and his art. Yet it is of utmost importance that he use this precious gift with prudence, wisdom, and modesty. It is a great shame when he does not realize this and goes on to exploit, to play on his ability to charm.

Konstantin Stanislavisky

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

James Madison

I do not allow myself to suppose that either the convention or the League have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or the best man in America, but rather they have concluded it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and ha

Abraham Lincoln

He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.

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There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents.

Leon R. Yankwich

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

Douglas MacArthur

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

Edward George BulwerLytton

Heed that the Rue du Bourreau is my domain, and I its malicious sovereign.

Nathan Reese Maher

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Vincent Van Gogh

Die and endow a college or a cat.

Alexander Pope