Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

Abraham Lincoln

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

Richard E. Grant

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Elsa Schiaparelli

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!

Anne Sullivan

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Swami Vivekananda

Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn't the bum on the street drinking Sterno it's the working poor. They don't look any different, they don't behave any differently, they're not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that's it.

Mario Batali

Doubt is not the opposite of faith it is one element of faith.

Paul Tillich

If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.

John Updike

When it's steamboat time, you steam

Mark Twain

Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.

Bob Ney

Lying and stealing are next door neighbors.

Arabic Proverb

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.

Patricia Ireland