Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage.

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

Mark Twain

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

Wole Soyinka

It is necessary for you to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.

Hyman Rickover

Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.

Basil King

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor

Henry David Thoreau

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.

John Hurt

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

Kamisese Mara

You can get something done in a short time with fear, but in the long run it just doesn't pay off.

Wendell Parsons

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

Pope John XXIII

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution -- this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.

Margaret Oliphant

I'm not gonna ride home in the car. I'll wait for Randy. I think I'll get home quicker.

Patsy Cline