Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

Patricia Cornwell

The difference between great celebrities and the unknown is the former failed and yet went at it again; the latter gave up in despair.

Source Unknown

Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.

Jeanette Winterson

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Thomas Fuller

Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid.

William M. Kelly

It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

Brad Paisley

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.

Samuel Morse

I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world.

Diane Kruger

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

Omar N. Bradley

Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!

Margaret Cho

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Will Durant

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Abraham Lincoln