As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

Peter Robert Fleming

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

Voltaire

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

Katherine Heigl

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good. That's just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you'd be surprised at how much fun you can have.

Woody Hayes

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

Fred A. Allen

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

Edmond H. Fischer

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

Alexander Pope

I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today.

Steven Spielberg

Nothing is true everything is permitted.

AV

More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.

Jeffrey Kluger

Marks on paper are free -- free speech -- press -- pictures all go together I suppose.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Denying the heaviness of the Italian crisis, during the news conference after the end of the G20 summit held in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011: The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country, consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.

Silvio Berlusconi