Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk of old times with old friends is the greatest thing in the world.

Will Rogers

The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.

Plutarch

Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Francis Bacon

I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

Judy Blume

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back?

Robert Wyatt

There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when 'our' side commits it.

George Orwell

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

George Bernard Shaw

Life ain't easy. Terrible things happen to everyone. You have to keep your sense of humor, give something of yourself to others, make friends who are younger than you, learn new things, and have fun.

George Vaillant

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Aristotle

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Niccolo Machiavelli

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

George Bernard Shaw

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.

Flannery O'Connor