On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles.

No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science.

Craig Stevens

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.

Abraham Lincoln

An idea is worth nothing if it has no champion.

Source Unknown

Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many things which perhaps are of no importance, that it cannot but see something feeble in a civilization which smiles as it refuses to make the battlefield the test of excellence.

James Joyce

Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.

James Richardson

Yes we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual.

Richard M. Helms

The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.

Bob Hawke

Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.

Lizzie Brochere

Reality is something you rise above.

Liza Minnelli

Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a delusion. Have we the intelligence and discipline to vigilantly guard against our tendency to grow without limit?

Lynn Margulis

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

Sister Corita Kent

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

Youssou N'Dour