The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

Thomas Jefferson

During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.

Jim Walton

Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.

Michel de Montaigne

Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

Walter Rauschenbusch

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.

Beatrice Wood

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

George Orwell

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.

Alfred North Whitehead

Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future.

Michael Mandelbaum

The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find.

Lord Longford

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

Martin Luther

We are all dead men on leave.

Eugene Levine

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.

Chinese Proverb