One of Dawkins' major gripes is against religion. I am in total agreement on that one. I abhor religion.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Willia

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

Guy Lafleur

Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.

Ernest Benn

A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha?

William Shakespeare

When you view your world exclusively through the lens of science, your prescription will never be strong enough.

Jay Nichols

Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Queen Victoria

It rots a writer's brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily you're well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician.

John Updike

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

Frances Wright

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Ezra Pound

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

Abraham Lincoln

People expect a certain reaction from a business and when you pleasantly exceed those expectations, you've somehow passed an important psychological threshold.

Richard Thalheimer

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Sun Tzu