Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Many veterans dream of being buried here. These grounds speak of dignity and respect, and the magnitude of the cemetery guarantees that America will never forget service members' sacrifices.

John C. Metzler

Think of something useless, and that's probably what I'll be doing. Listen, Virginia, we need to love the useless. We need to raise pigeons without a thought of eating them, plant rose bushes without expecting to pick roses, write without aiming at publication. We need to do things without expecting benefits in return. The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but it's in the curving paths that the best things are found. . . . We must love the useless, because there is beauty in uselessness.

Lygia Fagundes Telles

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

Mark Twain

In age, talk; in childhood, tears.

American Indian Proverb, Hopi

Without justice, courage is weak.

Benjamin Franklin

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might not be up to other people's tricks.

George Eliot

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

Bob Feller

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Edward George BulwerLytton

We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed.

Selma James

There were no PCs when I started programming on computers.

Dave Winer

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

John F. Kennedy

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

Konstantin Stanislavisky