We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

Richard Whately

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

Eliot Spitzer

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.

Anne Lamott

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.

Rick Springfield

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Warren Harding

I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about.

Parker Stevenson

GUIL (quietly): Where we went wrong was getting on a boat. We can move, of course, change direction, rattle about, but our movement is contained within a larger one that carries us along as inexorably as the wind and current

Tom Stoppard

He who stops being better stops being good.

Oliver Cromwell

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

Miguel de Unamuno

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

James A. Michener

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it. That we have carried as much political bunk as we have and still survived shows we are a super nation.

Will Rogers