Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Laurence Sterne

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Anne Sullivan

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Sallust

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Carl Sandburg

That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.

Martina Hingis

There are 435 members of Congress. There's one 'Morning Joe' show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil.

Joe Scarborough

God she hated the dance. A blow to the cheek one minute and discussing a romantic getaway the next. It was the one step forward, two steps back waltz. She wanted to scream. Sitting on the side of the bed, Claire allowed herself tears and swallowed

Aleatha Romig

I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.

Gabrielle Union

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Fran Drescher

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Stephen King

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

Jon Taffer