Studies have shown that an ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Bible, Matthew 8:2122

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

Georges Clemenceau

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Oscar Wilde

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel plows air.

George Chapman

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.

Rabindranath Tagore

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

Henry Ward Beecher

Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

Mayim Bialik

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.

Octavia Butler

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

Barack Obama

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

America Ferrera

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.

Jenny Shipley