Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
Mark Twain
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
George Santayana
I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me 'I love you'. There is an African saying which is: 'Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt'.
Maya Angelou
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Kahlil Gibran
The critic has to educate the public, the artist has to educate the critic.
Oscar Wilde
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
Dave Barry
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
Mark Twain
I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces.
Alice Walker
