The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

Ernest Istook

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

Jimmy Carter

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Tom T. Hall

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.

Evan Esar

The other major issue you have no doubt heard about the decision to build a fence between Israel and the palestinians. There is no doubt in my mind that a fence will be built, political pressure are too heavy to resist. There is also no doubt that it will be ineffectual. Every day thousands of Palestinians enter Israel illegally. The vast majority seek work. The tide of humanity will overwhelm the fence and its guardians. Terrorists will follow in their path.

Elan Pavlov

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

Marian Wright Edleman

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

William Shenstone

Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout in the galley you're cooking.

Billy Campbell

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

Elizabeth Fishel

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

Russell Baker

The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.

Kabbalah