A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Stephen Leacock

I made it greater,you always told me to forget the haters.

knight mayor

I still don't understand anything- exept that somehow I know that You are love. And that in my heart has been so great a love for Christy as I did not know could exist on this earth. You, God, must be responsible. You must have put it there. So what do I do with it now?

Catherine Marshall

You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable.

Alasdair Gray

I kind of resent this attitude of men that we somehow must always look good.

Sharon Gless

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

Chris Christie

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Winston Churchill

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

James Baldwin

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.

Cassandra Clare

I will not tell you our love story, because-like all real love stories-it will die with us,as it should.

John Green

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Charles Dickens

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott