Neighbor, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

Martin Amis

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

Max Schmelling

She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. He closed his eyes at her touch, and hated himself for wishing that what she said was true: that Dumbledore had really cared.

J.K. Rowling

I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.

Shannon A. Thompson

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.

Joyce Carol Oates

Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .

Emily Dickinson

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

Mark Zandi

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

Benjamin Franklin

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.

Jason Fried

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

Benazir Bhutto

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Will Rogers

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

Joshua L. Liebman