So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

May Sarton

To hate man and love god seems to be the sum of all creeds.

Robert G. Ingersoll

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave is not distinctly and expressly affirmed in it.

Abraham Lincoln

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed

Sir William Temple

The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry.

John L. Lewis

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

Jim Bishop

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

Johnny Depp

My family knew, but most of the sporting world did not realize that my right hand been some 75% paralyzed.

Bill Toomey

Let's face it God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?

Bill Maher

It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind.

Travis Tritt

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

Albert Einstein

Attitude is everything.

Diane von Furstenberg