Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

Thomas Huxley

The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt.

William Osler

I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side?

Denis Leary

Education in our times must try to find whatever there is in students that might yearn for completion, and to reconstruct the learning that would enable them autonomously to seek that completion.

Allan Bloom

When you see some evil you proceed to immediate action, you make an immediate attack to cure the symptom.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes so with present time.

Leonardo da Vinci

Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.

Yiddish Proverb

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

Charlie Chaplin

There are all kinds of courage,' said Dumbledore, smiling. 'It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

J.K. Rowling

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.

John Gay

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Johann von Goethe

We see many fine sunsets here, unique in the splendour of their colour. No doubt the surroundings in this fairyland of blue and white do much to increase their beauty.

Roald Amundsen