By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

George Bernard Shaw

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

Simone Weil

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Chiang Kai-shek

Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.

Aristotle

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.

Martina McBride

I like to see love stories: romantic comedy or romantic drama.

Pia Zadora

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.

Spike Lee

Never get married in the morning - you never know who you might meet that night.

Paul Hornung

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.

William Glasser

For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning.

John Thorn

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

David Hockney

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

Sigmund Freud