The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had.

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

George McGovern

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Oliver Stone

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

Oprah Winfrey

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?

William Shakespeare

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

William James

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.

William Ernest Henley

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

Frederick William Robertson

I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.

Dana Delany

Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.

John Sununu

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Samuel Butler

It was not, after all, so easy to die.

J.K. Rowling

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Josh Billings