Why is it that wherever I go, the resident idiot heads straight for me?

There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.

Jane Smiley

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best both for the body and the mind.

Albert Einstein

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy.Deceit is a poison in its veins.

Edward M. Kennedy

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

Jack Kevorkian

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Mahatma Gandhi

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

Richard Russo

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

B. R. Ambedkar

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

Hyman Rickover

Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.

Virginia Woolf

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

Donald Rumsfeld

I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.

Jonathan Safran Foer