Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel.

Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.

Nick Cannon

For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without the cameras, I was able to really test the quality of their minds and their knowledge base.

Robert Scheer

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

Homer

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through the nineteenth century, the desire to be able to find a restaurant open in case you want a sandwich, to be a free agent, live by one's own rules.

Joan Didion

One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them; it is only needful not to lie.

Leo Tolstoy

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well.

Andrew Motion

Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy.

Joseph Campbell

And when I get real, real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.

Steven Wright

There is no problem more difficult to solve than that created by ourselves.

Felix Alba-Juez

oh God! what am I to do if I love nothing but fame and men's esteem?

Leo Tolstoy

You are only what you are when no one is looking.

Robert C. Edwards

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Augustine of Hippo