I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here.

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

Russell Pearce

These sorts of things can happen, identities can be switched, the emotional implications are something that he has not been trained to feel. His whole life has been about separating himself from these sorts of actions.

Atom Egoyan

Have the courage of your desire.

George Robert Gissing

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

Daniel Webster

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Hiram Johnson

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

Oscar Wilde

He'd heard that writers spent all day in their dressing gowns drinking champagne. This is, of course, absolutely true.

Terry Pratchett

Life is like a grindstone -- whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of.

Source Unknown

For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it.

Margaret Oliphant

I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.

Terry Pratchett

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Johann von Goethe

Lay down an unforgiving spirit, because there'll be no peace until you do.

Anita R. Sneed-Carter