The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.

And heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

John Dryden

Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.

Major Owens

The bottom line is that you have to choose who you are going to commit to-- that's the foundation of true love, not the lack of other options

Stephenie Meyer

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.

Gloria Steinem

Television has brought back murder into the home -- where it belongs.

Alfred Hitchcock

I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists or surrender power. It's your choice.

Tony Blair

America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We're here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.

Don DeLillo

Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.

Ambrose Bierce

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Randy Pausch

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want to get in.

Arthur Brisbane

Science isn't just about blowing things up. Rather it's about blowing things up and knowing how you did it.

William Gurstelle

MISS PRISMMemory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Oscar Wilde