I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

I was asked to memorize what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

Aleister Crowley

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

James Fenimore Cooper

If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

Anton Chekhov

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

Lasse Hallstrom

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

I always separated sports and my personal life.

Carl Lewis

Never underestimate the importance of fast.

Eric Schmidt

A mathematical problem should be difficult in order to entice us, yet not completely inaccessible, lest it mock at our efforts. It should be to us a guide post on the mazy paths to hidden truths, and ultimately a reminder of our pleasure in the successful solution.

David Hilbert

It is not known precisely where angels dwell -- whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Stephen Leacock

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

Nikolai Gogol

Break my face, my back, my arms, my neck. But please don't break my heart.

Sarah Bettens