I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

Leo Durocher

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Macbeth does murder sleep - the innocent sleep,Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care,The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast.

William Shakespeare

Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill.

Ken Salazar

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

William Pitt

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

Joseph Campbell

A man who doubts himself shouldn't have to try too hard for too long, not until he's seasoned.

Stephen King

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower