Too much zeal spoils everything.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Thomas Fuller

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

Albert Einstein

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.

Fiona Shaw

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.

Lou Holtz

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.

Mark Twain

How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. . . . It is not possible to suppose, without absurdity, than a man should have no rights over his own body and mind, and yet have a 1/10,000,000th share in unlimited rights over all other bodies and minds?

Auberon Herbert, The Right and W

How little we really know about the life all around us. Would we be so cavalier and ruthless with it if we understood it better?

William Longgood

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

John Wanamaker

Another source of power in government is a military force. But this, to be efficient, must be superior to any force that exists among the people, or which they can command; for otherwise this force would be annihilated, on the first exercise of acts of oppression. Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealous will instantly inspire the inclination to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive...

Noah Webster

I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.

Alonzo Mourning

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

Mark Wahlberg

My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.

Gwen Stefani