Their Quotes

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their independence, but I think that the opposite is true.

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.

You got guys now declaring they're ready to play pro ball in their second or third year of high school. It's crazy! They're missing so much.