Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

God has a most wicked sense of humor.

Maureen O'Hara

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

Austin O'Malley

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

George MacDonald

Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.

Cliff Stearns

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization.

Herbert Read

I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

William Shakespeare

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science.

Knut Hamsun

What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble.

Arthur Laffer

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

J. J. Abrams

As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.

Al Gore

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

J. K. Rowling