It is a political axiom that power follows property.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

Gore Vidal

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much--the wheel, New York, wars and so on--while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man--for precisely the same reasons.

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's

Friendship is a ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

Ambrose Bierce

If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons we should drink: Good wine -- a friend -- or being dry -- or lest we should be by and by -- or any other reason why.

Henry Aldrich

It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.

Benazir Bhutto

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

George Sand

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

Shawn Johnson

Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.

Ben Affleck

Censure is willingly indulged, because it always implies some superiority: men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper search, or wider survey than others, and detected faults and follies which escape vulgar observation.

Samuel Johnson, Rambler #2, Marc

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

Mencius

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.

Jasmine Guy