We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us.

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Lyn Nofziger

Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man.

Helen Rowland

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

Alexander Payne

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

Amos Bronson Alcott

My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.

Ian McShane

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

Smokey Robinson

It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is. It doesn't make a difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.

Richard Feynman

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

John Mica

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency's impact on American policy.

Aldrich Ames

Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett