The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes The more the statue grows.

I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.

Fiona Apple

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.

Walter Benjamin

In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.

Henry David Thoreau

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus

A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.

Ronald Reagan

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous

George Bernard Shaw

No man can discover his own talents.

Brendan Francis

The Bible's been attacked. What is truth? It's relative.

Todd Burpo

To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate.

Ariel Sharon

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

Robert Anton Wilson

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

Tom Brown, Jr.

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

Stephen Gardiner