It was a thunderingly beautiful experience -- voluptuous, sexual, dangerous, and expensive as hell.

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

Mitt Romney

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

Abraham Lincoln

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

In the fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter fly along in v formation, one might consider what science has discovered as to why geese fly this way.Each bird flaps its wings creating uplift for the bird immediately following. A flock has a greater flying range in formation than a single bird would have on its own.When a goose falls out of formation, it feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly rejoins the formation. The goose takes advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those flying up front to keep their speed. When a goose gets sick or wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese will fall out of formation with that goose to follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with that fallen goose until it is able to fly or it dies. Only then do they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their flock.People, who share a common direction and sense of community, can reach a goal more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. It is harder to do something alone than together.It is beneficial to take turns doing demanding work. By sharing leadership and depending upon others in a group, there is a chance to lead and an opportunity to rest.

Anon.

The discussion in Washington has changed dramatically. I mean, it's no longer a question of should we address entitlements - it's no longer a question of do we need to reduce spending in the future.

Mark Zandi

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.

Terry Pratchett

Love forbids you not to love.

Umberto Giordano

Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.

Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Se

It is the truth that has lost. But the search for the truth does not end today.

Francis Escudero

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

E. B. White

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.

Halle Berry

That wasn't the way that things was supposed to be. And all because the so-called culture that I thought was right, that I thought it was cool, and I thought it was fun, and it was exciting at the time. It all led to me laying in a prison bunk by myself with no one to talk to but myself.

Michael Vick