I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.

A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages.

Herman Kahn

How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing. It seems still more impossible that a quarrel which has already been settled in principle should be the subject of war.

Neville Chamberlain

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Buddha

He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Some defeats are only installments to victory.

Jacob Riis

The 500 most commonly used words have an average of 28 meanings each.

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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.

Laura Schlessinger

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Sometimes knowing what's right isn't a rational decision, or even what works on paper. Sometimes leaving is the best course of action after all.

Jodi Picoult

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

Abdul Kalam

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

Denis Waitley

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great.

Andy Hertzfeld