Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

The earth laughs in flowers.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment, the one being essentially restricted like everything that is positive while the other is infinite.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand for the hands execute but the eye judges.

Take rest, a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

When the movie comes out what anybody thinks of it doesn't really matter to me. I don't go to the wrap party. I don't go to the premiere.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Every president if you watch what they look like when they come into office you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

And I love that even in the toughest moments when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom and courage and grace.

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