War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Effective managers live in the present but concentrate on the future.

James L. Hayes

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

Hans Christian Andersen

The senior officer who met with reporters in Baghdad said there had been 21 car bombings in the capital in May, and 126 in the past 80 days. All last year, he said, there were only about 25 car bombings in Baghdad.

Rich Lowry

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar

Henry David Thoreau

Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.

Brit Hume

A man is a god in ruins.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved

Friedrich Nietzsche

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Napoleon Hill

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.

Lafcadio Hearn

To be content with life -- or to live merrily, rather --all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

Great artists suffer for the people.

Marvin Gaye