It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11
Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead. ~Benjamin Disraeli
One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space. Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life. My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon. It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators. But it can be see many scores of nights in any year, and so the lights burned in the cottages and the inhabitants probably gave not a thought to the beauty overhead; and because they could see it almost any night, perhaps they never will. ~Rachel Carson
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; for, thus friends absent speak. ~John Donne
You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. ~John Updike
I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. ~Richard Rumbold, 1685
And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. ~John 8:32
The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. ~Stephane Mallarme
Up to five goals is journalism. After that, it becomes statistics. ~Author Unknown
He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition. ~Charles Lamb
Childhood is a short season. ~Helen Hayes
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it, or leave it. ~Buddy Hackett
It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
Angels skip, fairies skip, children skip - why can't you and I skip? ~Jessi Lane Adams
To exaggerate is to weaken. ~Jean Francois de La Harpe, Melanie, 1770
I was called "Rembrandt" Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas. ~Bob Hope
High-tech tomatoes. Mysterious milk. Supersquash. Are we supposed to eat this stuff? Or is it going to eat us? ~Annita Manning
Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge. ~George Santayana, Character and Opinion in the United States, 1921
I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
It is because of men that women dislike one another. ~Jean de La Bruyere, Characters, 1688
There is no truth. There is only perception. ~Gustave Flaubert