The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

We cannot think of two things at the same time.

Blaise Pascal

In Nevada, for a time, the lawyer, the editor, the banker, the chief desperado, the chief gambler, and the saloon-keeper occupied the same level of society, and it was the highest.

Mark Twain, Roughing It, 1872

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

Eoin Colfer

To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

Taylor Swift

We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

Natalie Goldberg

I wore your promise on my finger for one yearI'll wear your name on my heart til I dieBecause you were my boy, you were my only boy forever.

Coco J. Ginger

What mom cares about most is that I'm happy, healthy and enjoying my life.

Chaz Bono

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.

Ruth Benedict

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

George Eliot

There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love.

Barry Cornwall

This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.

Neil Gaiman

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Oscar Wilde