I know war as few other men now living know it and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
Ernest HemingwayDemocrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes bigger government and less trade with other nations.
Mitt RomneyTrials teach us what we are, they dig up the soil and let us see what we are made of.
Charles SpurgeonI never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Marcus Tullius CiceroEverybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
Gertrude SteinJesus didn't say 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said 'Blessed are we where we are poor where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
Henri NouwenConvent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Ambrose BierceWe didn't hit any shots tonight. And last night it seemed like we were hitting every shot we took.
Kobe BryantIt is the stars, the stars above us, govern our conditions.
William Shakespeare