The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world.

Oscar Wilde

One of the mistakes I made was placing too much trust in Montesinos.

Alberto Fujimori

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.

C.S. Lewis

All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

Chen Shui-bian

I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!

John Hughes

Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will stand in awe.

Sir Winston Churchill

Good is not always good.

Dejan Stojanovic

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness. but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow Up.

Charles Morgan

I want to be famous everywhere.

Luciano Pavarotti

There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.

Wilson Mizner