But out of that silence rose new sounds more appalling still; a strange ventriloquism, of which you could not locate the source, a smothered moan, as if a thousand discords were flowing together into a key-note weird, unearthly, terrible to hear and bear, yet startling with its nearness; the writhing concord broken by cries for help, some begging for a drop of water, some calling on God for pity; and some on friendly hands to finish what the enemy had so horribly begun; some with delirious, dreamy voices murmuring loved names, as if the dearest were bending over them; and underneath, all the time, the deep bass note from closed lips too hopeless, or too heroic to articulate their agony...It seemed best to bestow myself between two dead men among the many left there by earlier assaults, and to draw another crosswise for a pillow out of the trampled, blood-soaked sod, pulling the flap of his coat over my face to fend off the chilling winds, and still more chilling, the deep, many voiced moan that overspread the field.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Bertrand Russell

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Mark Twain

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

Tallulah Bankhead

I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal, like the 'Saw' movies.

Amber Heard

Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.

Alfred E. Smith

Constant dropping wears away stones

Benjamin Franklin

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

Mickey Kaus

Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited.

Ambrose Bierce

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Warren Bennis

Competition between footmen gave way during the second half of the 18th century to men racing against time over long distances. 'Pedestrians' (as the walkers were called) could win a very handsome fee for walking dozens -- or even hundreds -- of miles within a proscribed time. Side bets were, of course, very welcome.One of the more popular goals involved covering at least 100 miles in less than 24 hours. Those meeting this goal were (and still are) called Centurions.(quoted by Phil Howell in A Brief History of Racewalking in the United States, North American Racewalking Foundation)

William Gordon Wallace

A man who never made a mistake, never made anything worth a darn.

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In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

Albert Camus