Patience and shuffle the cards.

The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.

Dick Cheney blows birds out of the sky for pleasure but he drops bombs on Iraqi children for power.

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.

Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Three sparks--pride, envy, and avarice--have been kindled in all hearts.

And though it be a two-foot trout, 'Tis with a single hair pulled out.

Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy -- common clay, if you like -- eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ordinary people; people you can't imagine dead. And then there are the others -- the noble ones, the heroes. The ones you can quite well imagine lying shot, pale and tragic; one minute triumphant with a guard of honor, and the next being marched away between two gendarmes.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942 It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him and mind the present.

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent merchandise facts included in the ad increases.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in life.

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also to seek from Him the very power. This happy necessity of having recourse to Him in all our wants, instead of being grievous to us, should be our greatest consolation. What a happiness is it that we are allowed to speak to Him with confidence; to open our hearts and hold familiar conversation with him, by prayer! He Himself invites us to it.