I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton

People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not have national health insurance. We are the richest in wealth and the poorest in health of all the industrial nations.

Studs Terkel

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.

Natalie Portman

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.

Frank Dane

I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.

Alija Izetbegovic

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top

Benjamin Franklin

If you torture data long enough, it will tell you anything you want !

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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.

John Dryden

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I feel like there was justice. It was served through the legal system you know. Everything that I endured. It was all worth it.

Amber Frey

No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.

Thomas Kempis

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.

Ingrid Bergman