Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them. . . . They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing what comes naturally and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

John Lennon

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

Abraham Lincoln, quoted in Jack

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.

Frederic William Farrar

Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.

Jerry Saltz

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

Barack Obama

We don't stop hiking because we grow old - we grow old because we stop hiking

Finis Mitchell

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

Barack Obama

You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.

Rush Limbaugh

Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and good science is relatively cheap.

Caitlín R. Kiernan

Grief, and an estate, is joy understood,

Gregory Nunn

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Jane Austen

The best way to compete is to get defeat.

Santosh Kalwar