No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it. – Giacomo Leopardi
Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him. – Howard Rheingold
You want to be on your toes; You don’t want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor. – Harold Perrineau
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon. – Horatio Nelson
The worst thing Spurs ever did was get rid of Keith Burkinshaw. They have never replaced him. – Graham Roberts
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply. – Howard Staunton
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from – dare I say it – God. – Graydon Carter
He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. – Henry George
Twasn’t me, ’twas the Lord! I always told Him, ‘I trust to you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,’ an’ He always did. – Harriet Tubman
We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past. – George Crook
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. – Hermann Hesse
When you can’t have someone but you’re not willing to accept that, you try harder and become more extreme about it. Either you win the person back or you drive him away. – Helen Fisher
Four times out of five the linesman gets a better view of the ball near him than the player himself. – Helen Wills Moody
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. – Hesiod
How can you dare teach a man to read until you’ve taught him everything else first? – Giorgos Seferis
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. – Henry David Thoreau
This guy Simon Helberg, who’s in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins,’ I might have been vaguely patronizing to him because he hadn’t done films before. Gradually, you realize, not only is the guy a much bigger star than me, he’s maybe the richest man I’ve ever met. – Hugh Grant
There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I’m confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision. – Hugh Shelton
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. – Harry S Truman
The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will. – Henry George
The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound… These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president. – George Tenet
The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons – the father’s favorite – and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces. – Georg Solti
No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States. – Henry Villard
I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person. – Gale Gordon
I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist ’cause of him. – Georges St-Pierre