For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou has tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66:10

My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read, 'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at large Down in the meadow, where is richer feed, And will not mind to hit their proper targe.

Henry David Thoreau

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.

Alexandra Paul

What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

Shaun Cassidy

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Jean-Paul Marat

Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers, and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office and your quality. William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them.

Richard Ben-Veniste

I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's limitless.

Cliff Martinez

I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

Jean Cocteau

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

Leonard Cohen

He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.

Kahlil Gibran