The worth of a State, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it -- a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes -- will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus

That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness.

Corita Kent

Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific period.

James M. Baldwin

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

J. Martin Kohe

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

Charles Caleb Colton

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

Voltaire

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.

David Bowie

When people ask me what makes movies great, it's the material.

Harvey Weinstein

I learned a lot from that first record and I learned a lot from my experiences touring, but really the biggest education I got over the past two years was learning the importance of arrangements.

Vanessa Carlton

The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Christopher Morley

There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design.

Rudy Giuliani