I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.

Guy Laliberte

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.

Alexander Hamilton, from No. 8,

The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable.

Greg Anderson

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Ralph Marston

By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale it, and most of the time we do not even notice it. Instead of I am afraid, we say, I don't want to, or I don't know how, or I can't.

Andrea Dworkin

But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.

Ron White

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.

Nora Ephron

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Elton John

I was an OK boxer, I wasn't great, I was OK, but I loved the discipline of getting together every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, usually Saturday afternoons too, with a whole bunch of mates and training, very, very hard for about two-and-half hours.

Liam Neeson

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Ralph Waldo Emerson

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.

Victor Hugo

The supply of government exceeds demand.

Lewis H. Lapham