The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

Ama me fideliter!Fidem meam noto:De corde totaliterEt ex mente tota,Sum presentialiterAbsens in remota.Lat: Love me faithfully!/See how I am faithful:/With all my heart/And all my soul/I am with you/Though I am far away.

Carl Orff, Carmina Burana, "Omni

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

Jane Austen

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

Tony Lema

After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.

Adam Lambert

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine -- now a satsuma or clementine -- appears de-pipped months before Christmas.

Derek Jarman

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?

Blaise Pascal

There is no incidental music to the dramas of real life.

Sax Rohmer

The thought pattern characteristic of the right brain lends itself to the formation of original ideas, insights, discoveries. We might describe it as the kind of thought prevalent in early childhood, when everything is new and everything has meaning. If you have ever walked along a beach and suddenly stopped to pick up a piece of driftwood because it looked to you like a leaping impala or a troll, you know the feeling of pleasure that comes from the sudden recognition of a form. Your Design mind (right brain) has perceived connections and had made a pattern of meaning. It takes logical, rational acts and facts of the world you know, the snippets of your experience, the bits and pieces of your language capabilities, and perceives connections, patterns, and relationships in them.

Gabriele Lusser Rico

I finally got a chance to talk to my daughter from my previous marriage. I just got married May 3 to my beautiful wife, but we don't see each other much.

Peter Criss

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

Alfred de Musset

In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

Michel de Montaigne

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Colin Powell