I obey Thee Lord, first for the love I ought, in all reason to bear Thee; secondly for that Thou canst shorten or prolong the lives of men.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

William Shakespeare

I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.

Joy Baluch

I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.

Dave Barry

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

Jean Paul

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.

Anne Lamott

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of what value is your life, unless you are willing to sacrifice it for those you love?

Wayne Gerard Trotman

When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: LEAVE SLIDE RULES HERE! If I didn't do that, I'd find some engineer reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, Boss you can't do that.

Charles Franklin Kettering

she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.

Cassandra Clare

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Tom Landry

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Billy Graham