Thomas Jefferson -- still surv

Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them.

William Dampier

A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.

Howard Hodgkin

If you're self-employed, between jobs, or can't get insurance through work, you'll have access to affordable health insurance as good as Congressman Paul Ryan's.

Kathleen Sebelius

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

Edmund Burke

I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow.

Eric Bana

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Bertrand Russell

Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.

Oscar Niemeyer

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Albert Einstein

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

Jean Giraudoux

I have found out in later years that my family was very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it. On his childhood

Dwight D Eisenhower

Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.

Kahlil Gibran